The MeetingTheBar prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub today was to write a character sketch, or include a character sketch, in a poem. Because our new kitten is at the vet today getting neutered he is on my mind, so I decided to write about him.
We Should Have Named Him Trouble
Alucard the seven pound kitten
His size I suspect will double
With him we are quite smitten
Though his middle name is Trouble
Slinking along almost flat
Preparing for an ambush
For stealth he has a knack
Until he wiggles his little tush
Yet so very sweet he can be
This funny little feline
Great love he gives for free
He’ll sleep in your lap or mine
Like a motor boat heard from afar
His purring announces his arrival
He sits up high as though he were czar
For his shoulder perch there is no rival
Like a panther sleek and black
He has the heart of a rebel
One day he’ll be a lazy old cat
But for now the mischief’s treble