La Somnambule (Sleep-Walker), by Marc Chagall
people
need to feed me
regardless of the hour
instead of cavorting under
the moon
Responding to Jane Dougherty’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #39: Sleep walking, Sarah, at fmme writes poems gave us three cinquian – The watcher says, The walker says and The moon says – so this is a response to her and a (late) response to Jane’s challenge.
Cinquain ~ a five line poem formatted with:
~ a syllable count of 2-4-6-8-2
~ let’s pretend I don’t know the rest of the format rules
Image source: marcchagallart.net
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Love it 🙂 I’ll add it to the list.
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Just perfect. Never mind the form, I would not have noticed that – I just love the way you said this – the subject and the rhythm of it!
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Perfect–and exactly what a cat would say. 🙂
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That and, “Open the door. I’m on the wrong side.”
And again, five minutes later.
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Our cats are strictly indoor cats, so they don’t say that. They like to be where we are. However, opening a cabinet door is a signal that they should climb inside. That also goes for boxes, bags, suitcases. . .
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Love it! And, of course, that is why the cat is sitting in the kitchen. Sometimes food is more important than moonshine!
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I look at this six years later, and the car is still sitting there! Of course.
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Give them thumbs and watch out!
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Cat Conspiracies!
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I didn’t like to say…exactly.
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They’re listening.
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Perfect. (K)
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Purrfect? 😉
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I should have thought of that!
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My cats would definitely relate 🙂
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