Ode to the Cat (Contrabandit)
Listen to Lesley read her poem ...
Zounds! Gadzooks!
You’re doing Shakespearean swearing on the flat roof again,
Careering around the dojo like animation.
You smuggle up a rat for gladiatorial combat.
Lifted in through the window, paws dangling, like a kitten.
Draped in a towel like a boxer.
A heavy bee, asleep on my chest.
You’re a big
fat
furry
CONTRABANDIT!
You’re doing Shakespearean swearing on the flat roof again,
Careering around the dojo like animation.
You smuggle up a rat for gladiatorial combat.
Lifted in through the window, paws dangling, like a kitten.
Draped in a towel like a boxer.
A heavy bee, asleep on my chest.
You’re a big
fat
furry
CONTRABANDIT!
This poem is copyright (©) Lesley James 2024
About the Writer
Lesley James
Lesley writes for young people and less young people. Many of her stories and poems for children are set in Lesley’s Garden, where a cast of birds, beasts and minibeasts live. She loves playing with words - rhythms, rhymes, tongue-twisters - and telling real tales. Nothing is more funny, thrilling or entertaining than the real life you can see from your own window.
