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The Cat On The Road

Eileen Clark

Rhymed
It seems I have been dumped off in the middle of the night          
Alone on this road I'm wondering what will be my plight
Could it have been that I scratch up the stair railing      
I noticed lately the misters affection for me was failing

Did I get too much hair on the misters black suit           
Guess I was wrong in believing he thought I was cute   
Maybe it was all the knitting I did on her bedspread     
I'll stop knitting and come winter my fur won't shed

In the darkest of nights I see a car slowing down            Please let it be a nice human from the nearby town     
Being scooped up gently into somebody's arms            I hear them say softly, I mean to do you no harm

I'm taking you home to my family on our very big farm

Author Eileen Clark 2022

About this poem

It's about a cat that gets dumped on a country road at night.

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Written on September 18, 2022

Submitted by eileenclark55 on October 19, 2022

Modified by eileenclark55 on October 19, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD XE E X
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 818
Words 184
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 1, 1
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Eileen Clark

 · 1993 · Htfd. Ct.

When I was little I was always rhyming things in my head as a child but never wrote things down. I have a slight learning disability, did poorly in school, and quit the day I turned sixteen. That should explain my poor spelling folks! For many years I kept busy as most do with taking care of home and family and friends and pets and working, and so on. I did keep up with my painting and they made nice gifts to give out to friends for every occasion. Now I'm old and crippled with rheumatoid arthritis and somewhat housebound, hence the Blogs and websites to keep myself busy and I began to write poems. My poems are not sophisticated or brilliant, just simple writings filled with memories of my childhood, my imagination, my experiences in life, and my plight with arthritis. I love my poems and don't mind saying so. I hope to post some of my short stories when I get brave enough. Eileen Clark more…

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