kitty cat
scaredy cat
rat-a-tat
tattered tail
pheromones gave away
your hideaway
survival of the fittest
in these cat-and-mouse power plays
claws come out
and they call it a hissy fit
gaslit to be complicit
but cat’s finally out of the bag
and thriving in a nocturnal abyss
high on the catnip of recovered innocence
realty's a trip
all 9 lives of it
this time the blackest
makes them quake
when they mistake empowered with superstitious
- Tanya Master