A bit of a fun one this week! This is another poem from the fantasy collection/project that I’m working on, but as you may have guessed by the title, it’s got a pretty specific focus – or rather, two! I hope that you enjoy this poem.
Cats & Dogs
Whoever, do you think, put all the felines,
stretching themselves out on heated cobbles
as they wish during the height of the afternoon,
in G——-?
Was it the same individual who placed among them
their four-legged rivals, those charming dogs
who beg, so kindly, for scraps from those
who cannot spare any scraps themselves?
(They find a morsel, in any case,
because no one can resist those canine charms;
some of us, I believe, could learn a lot
from the charisma of these devious, lovely animals.)
Surely not; surely there are two individuals,
who detest each other–they must, I’ve decided–
and are at odds in both their general personalities
and their liking and disliking of the animals.
Then, whose side are you on, dear friend?
Do you take the offered paw of the stray dog,
or do you pause to admire the slinking cats–
or do you love them all, so equally?
Do not lie; we all have favourites.
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Oskar Leonard 