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bookishwenchWritten for Kryptontease for Yuletide Madness 2020
Kitty Kisses: A Sestina in Praise of Courtly Cat Love
As any fool, even a human, can see, I am a cat.
I am sleek perfection, a paragon of animals.
It should be no surprise there I things I do not like.
Being picked up and kissed is one of these.
(Others include dogs, rain, and late dinner times.)
As punishment, I should scratch this impudent person.
Indeed, I tempt fate, for I am a mere person.
I was not fortunate enough to be born a cat,
But as all can see, these are strange and troubling times,
For the wisdom of humanity is less than that of animals.
What else can one do in troubled ages such as these
But cuddle a cat and hope days will come that we shall like?
Human, you forget your place! I rarely care what you would like.
I suppose you cannot help that you are only a dull-witted person,
But if you continue to try such unacceptable cuddles as these
Then you shall learn what it means to have earned the ire of a cat!
Choose dogs if you want obedient, timid, rather boring animals
Who will coddle you through the weirdness of these times.
I have tried picking you up this week several times
And each time you, sweet kitty, have treated me like
I have committed a crime. While it seems other animals
Enjoy attention and kisses from their favorite person,
This rule does not hold true when that pet is a cat.
O! That I might snuggle you, good kitty, and give you these!
Do you mean my favorite treats when you say, “These”?
Behold! I can choose to enjoy hugs and kisses at times
When it is made worth my while. Remember, I am a cat.
When I wiggle and pout, don’t believe for a moment I do not like
You, for though my nature says I must protest, you are my person.
Be grateful to have the petulant love of the best of all animals.
In truth, my heart does have a place for many different animals,
Even dogs and gerbils and birds and lizards and fish, but these
Noble as they are, do not take your place in the heart of this person.
Forgive me if I cannot help but pick you up and smooch you at times.
Your face may pucker, your grumpy glare be seen, but your purr is like
A roar of thunder, and when I set you down, you stay beside me, good cat.
For the love of an animal is pure, and that of a cat
Should be held by their person as having a worth like
Golden moments; these are found in all times.
Kitty Kisses: A Sestina in Praise of Courtly Cat Love
As any fool, even a human, can see, I am a cat.
I am sleek perfection, a paragon of animals.
It should be no surprise there I things I do not like.
Being picked up and kissed is one of these.
(Others include dogs, rain, and late dinner times.)
As punishment, I should scratch this impudent person.
Indeed, I tempt fate, for I am a mere person.
I was not fortunate enough to be born a cat,
But as all can see, these are strange and troubling times,
For the wisdom of humanity is less than that of animals.
What else can one do in troubled ages such as these
But cuddle a cat and hope days will come that we shall like?
Human, you forget your place! I rarely care what you would like.
I suppose you cannot help that you are only a dull-witted person,
But if you continue to try such unacceptable cuddles as these
Then you shall learn what it means to have earned the ire of a cat!
Choose dogs if you want obedient, timid, rather boring animals
Who will coddle you through the weirdness of these times.
I have tried picking you up this week several times
And each time you, sweet kitty, have treated me like
I have committed a crime. While it seems other animals
Enjoy attention and kisses from their favorite person,
This rule does not hold true when that pet is a cat.
O! That I might snuggle you, good kitty, and give you these!
Do you mean my favorite treats when you say, “These”?
Behold! I can choose to enjoy hugs and kisses at times
When it is made worth my while. Remember, I am a cat.
When I wiggle and pout, don’t believe for a moment I do not like
You, for though my nature says I must protest, you are my person.
Be grateful to have the petulant love of the best of all animals.
In truth, my heart does have a place for many different animals,
Even dogs and gerbils and birds and lizards and fish, but these
Noble as they are, do not take your place in the heart of this person.
Forgive me if I cannot help but pick you up and smooch you at times.
Your face may pucker, your grumpy glare be seen, but your purr is like
A roar of thunder, and when I set you down, you stay beside me, good cat.
For the love of an animal is pure, and that of a cat
Should be held by their person as having a worth like
Golden moments; these are found in all times.
