the firstcat (1988)

The first cat to tip the garbage can found
An undiscovered treasure chest of thrownaway scraps
And jarred a sleeping nest of mice causing them to scurry
Fatally into his mouth and stupefied the owner of the slum hideaway
Who awoke from the floor to pour a saucer of milk invoking
Sympathy from the housewife who upon seeing
Him with battle worn ears and crusty matted fur took him in
To clean and in the end found himself
Presenting his lament MEOW to a coffeehouse of
Mousehaired pseudo-intellectual yuppies
Who with the first drag off poverty can only muster a
Googooeyed wow, who were really too uptight
To purr in public in the first place




1988 Lawrence Ks.