Poem: "Why Cats Have Nine Lives"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came out of the September 6, 2022 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It also fills the "Bridge" square in my 9-6-22 card for the Land of Oz Bingo fest.


"Why Cats Have Nine Lives"


To a cat,
every door
is something
they want to be
on the other side of.

The bridge between
life and death is just
another door to them.

There were always
cats at it, meowing

to be let in,
to be let out,
to be let in,
to be let out ...

So Death gave up
and installed a cat flap.

Comments

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Cats would need their own bridge because of all the two-way traffic. Everything else could probably share a one-way bridge ... well, maybe with different levels, so the hedgehogs don't get stepped on.

Re: Yes ...

[siliconshaman]

Quantum Superposition. There is only one bridge... and we all travel it alone (in either direction). All alone, surrounded by thousands of other souls that we cannot see.

Well, usually. A soul bond supersedes that, and a few may travel together, until they reach their destination.