MamaMeow

"Mama Meow"

Six little kitties,

All in a row,

Feasting hungerily,

From their Mama Meow.

Upon finishing their meal

And their bellies full,

Asleep they go as they listen

To their mother's purring.

Mama Meow gazed at her babies,

With love and affection,

And licks the milk

From their muzzles.

She rises and stretches proudly,

Then steps gengerly over

And out of the box,

And walks slowly away.

She does not go far tho

Only to find something to eat,

Into the garden she skulks

To find a special treat.

She soon spots a tiny mouse

And stalks it out of hiding,

She pounces on it and slaps it about,

Playing with it till it's dead.

She picks it up ever so gently,

And brings it inside the house,

It's not for her to eat,

But a nice gift to her beautiful care taker.

She lays it at the care taker's feet

And meows happily upwards,

The care taker deftly picks the mouse up

And flushes it out of sight.

Mama Meow twines in and out

Of the care takers silky legs,

Purring happily about the gift

And waiting for her reward.

Her care taker sets a bowl down,

filled with tuna and milk,

Then reaches gently down

To smooth Mama Meow's luxurious fur.

After finishing her tasty meal,

Mama Meow scampers off,

Bouncing along royally,

Back to her own domaine.

In the box are her babies

Asleep as they should be,

Happily dreaming

Of their next delicous meal.

Mama Meow steps softly inside

And gently over her sleeping brood.

Then she settles beside them,

Closes her eyes and goes to sleep.

The care taker walks into the room

And views the scene in the corner.

Six little kitties all in a row,

Between the paws of Mama Meow.

by Jann Newland

©August 2009

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