Adventures of a fat cat

Poem inspired by the word “canton”

Can’t a tot oat a cat?
A tot cannot!

Can’t a cat con a tot?
A cat can!

’N tattoo a noon toot
A tan can
A coo coat
On an onan tot!

Spot the potato.

Where I sleep: couch; cushions soft yet firm, good for curling or stretching; cushion covers grainy and ecru, fur-infested; couch frame woody and tightly woven, good for sharpening claws; overall effect comfortable, encourages nodding, snoozing, drifting off, sleeping deliberately.

What I sleep for: for… naught.

                                                                                       “If anybody

is sleepy                              let him go to sleep”

photo from spectrum.weblog.com.pt/.../ voltar_a_jogar.html

Apparently, felines fit right in the French avant-garde.

This morning, while putting makeup on, O said many things about navel-gazing.

To which I telepathed, And what about your enlightened ideas on anthropomorphism, hmm?

Do cats have navels?

Doze belly up and wait for birds.

Watch with much interest as people board the neighborhood bus.

Cool paws and forehead against the window pane.

Groom.

Yawn at girl attempting to make conversation.

Rest weary soul. Dream.

For tomorrow may rain, so.

A.k.a. Spahr St., Shadyside

Window: one of three, dining area, second-floor apartment; makeshift cat perch courtesy of O, poorly conceptualized mosaic made by O in, uh, mosaic class

Often spotted: UPS guy, FedEx guy, birds on cables, the 71C, falling leaves

Occasionally spotted: daffodils, waving pedestrians

1. Couch or bed? Couch.

2. Belly rub or back? Back.

3. Chew the fat or shoot the breeze? Fat for fat.

4. Arm & Hammer or Tidy Cats? Arm & Hammer clumps like a charm.

5. Stretch or curl? Depends on the weather. No cuddling either way.

6. Cockroach or mouse? Cockroach!

7. Yawning or scratching? Both.

8. Bombalurina or Minnaloushe? Eliot or Yeats? I’m a cat. What do I know.

9. Bath or shower? Bath.

10. Licking mirrors or licking window panes? Both.