The following entry in Purrsday Poetry has been submitted by: Carol Rafale Tavares LidoAlbiza
The Lion Doesn’t Sleep Tonight
Well, there’s that 3 O’clock jitterbug
across the floor
Tour jete and wild ballet
Indecipherable games that you play
Then at 6:30 AM you’re back again
golden teapot screaming
Cutting into my deep sweet dreaming
Lacerate the pillowcase
And pound relentlessly at my face
Banging on the bedroom door and
Letting out a ragged roar
Jumping on the bed and then
circling the airport again
Over and under the sheets
You big mug
While I myself have under the blankets dug
Out a refuge that won’t save me
From your wild feline raving
Dizzying, dazzling dervish
ethereal, mystical, magic, and mischief
Acrobat and vault and somersault
This ain’t the time
Go back to bed
Your screaming is beating in my head
I love you, Lion,
Love you so
but the 6:30 thing has got to go
And then you go into day
While espresso is my only way
To open my eyes at last
to regain what’s left of sanity’s grasp
And there you go
Wouldn’t you know
Another golden tumbleweed
Of a show
And all that stuff of boundless joy! And free
of barrier, limitation or boundary.
So, while I’m breathing in the coffee beans
And struggling with my waking
I realize it’s gone quiet now
And nothing in the house is shaking
Ah, there it is I see
you curling up it seems
Eyes closed and snorin’
And blissfully ignorin’
slipping away from me
to drop back at last you be melting down
into your OWN sweet dreams.
All I am is cats.
Carol Rafale Tavares LidoAlbiza
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