Nocturnal shadows call my name

As lunar light deflects my trail

The silent owl’s on his night flight

His eyes aglow, his wings full sail

And aft he passes overhead

My nose detects a feline scent

My senses quiver with delight

And fire up my night’s intent

Her emerald eyes, so bright and clear

Bid me to pay a booty call

I swiftly smooth my peppered poise

‘tis mine to lead our caterwaul

Impassioned lover that I am

Fearless hunter, connoisseur

A preening, fawning, sycophant

I’ll make that pretty feline purr

And ‘neath the stars this moonlit night

I’ll slake my native, feral lust

Until, at last, she breathless sighs

Content and rolling in the dust

When next she looks I shall be gone

To hunt in shadowed underworld

For I’m a cat that walks alone

My spirit free to roam, unfurled.