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Cat in the Wall
by Lori Jean Finnila → (All Poetry by Lori Jean Finnila)
Monday, October 23, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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My poems eventually turn to songs by part or whole. "My thoughts are my gifts." Lori Jean Finnila



Cat in the Wall

A trapped cat inside of a bag
needs holes to breathe.
Hearing this first thing in the morning
is disturbing.

Was it in my attic?
I looked to see if I had one
I knew I didn't
I had to retrace my mind.

My fear for this cat persisted
on the toilet
in my mind
in the wall

Can a hat hide in the wall?
More importantly, can someone
put a cat in the wall?

Now...
how wide is the wall?
Is there an opening?
Is there another area of the building
that hides cats?

Aah, I see it in the courtyard.

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 Reviews of "Cat in the Wall"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 24, 2017
Acute hearing can do that to you. Your poem is a story as well as a song. With a happy ending.

When I worked in a mobile home factory, we cranked out mobile homes on the main assembly line and then put them out on the field for finish work that was missed in the haste to move each home down the line. After two years on the line in a building filled with cats keeping the mice and rats at bay, I worked out in the finish area.

Some homes waited two or three days before we finish crews got to them. More than once during the summer that I worked, we could hear a cat meowing in the walls. Overnight, cats would get in the unfinished homes on the line and go to sleep. They would get "built in." The next day and then go out into the yard in the heat of the summer sun until finishing.

I seem to recall the "rescued" some very worried cats that summer, mostly from the rafters where there was room for them to find a nice comfy place to sleep.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on October 24, 2017
I've had rats in the walls, but never a cat.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on October 23, 2017
Good twitchy humor. I laughed. Related. Imagination can conjure strange things. Thanks for sharing. Peace... r


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