Goldie by the Mighty Bowker
22" x 30"
acrylic / canvas

Not far from where I live
a jungle huge
and dark with mischief lies.
Where my cat , sharp toothed
when he is tired of us
goes to remember
and returns with triumph
to his savage land
. . . down by the willow.

Alert to any danger
eyes hungry for mouse
or dragonfly
in this poson dart world
of carrion crow
and wildebeest herd
he glides on killer feet
while the 28 bus
goes unwittingly by.