Scat, Cat

*** Scat, Cat! *** No! Cat, don’t paw That yarn ball I use to crochet. Go! Scat, cat! You won’t like so much my scolding you more at all. Stop! Scat! Don’t sit on the stove To warm your legs or I’ll Find hairs in the eggs and scream in a fit. ‘Scat! Cat, just don’t think of it!’ Here, cat, swat at this yellow feather I’m swaying below to tickle your nose. No! Stay down! You’ll scratch the soft sofa’s leather! It’s not my hand’s waving that you’re meant to be after! Scat! I’m trying to sleep And you will NOT squeeze me Off MY pillow! Scat! Find your own! Leave me here in dreamland alone! Just scat! What’s that, cat? You want to hear a story before going? Okay, then, here’s an old-told cat tale Shared outside along on the fences of your roaming: “Meeeee-owl, meeee-ewe meeee-Yowl! echoing Out over all the lawns in a feral greeting, Hi and hail!” Thus, cat, so it goes and enough is told, enough… Scat! ——————————————————————————————————————————————- (c) sally young eslinger 12/10/2022 Thanks be to God… ***a poem to illustrate one of my “Living with Cats” drawings.