The tree was tall and prideful of its lights.
The cat was small and mindful of her rights…
A cat is she: to rip and shred and claw
Is what cats do and should do. Wait, there’s more!
When claws and lights and trees and cats combine
A cat (whose lifetimes previously numbered nine)
Becomes the Mighty Hunter. And the tree
Would shed those lights and garlands all, and flee,
Save for the fact it’s plugged in.Curse those lights!
What of the cat? She stands upon her rights:
Up, up the tree, defeat the tinsel snake --
For such delicious mayhem, felines make.
Jen Downes, Christmas 2016
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