Poetry
Poetry: Squirrel, cat at window (for Pollyanna)
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- By Grayce Scholt
- Sunday, August 01, 2010
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Such fluttering, such twitching tails —
my poor cat pressed against the glass,
the nutkin in the bush outside just laughing,
laughing as it nudges that clear barrier that splits
their worlds, that my poor inbound puss
so sealed in love's security against the glass
will never penetrate, will never touch
that trembling, teasing mass of fur,
the brazen one, the wild one
that shakes his flag as if to say.
See me-see me-come out-we'll play,
then runs away and up the maple tree
into the vast domain, the sun, the rain
that is its home.
While far below poor Polly waits,
her tail still fluttering in hope,
until she tires at last and finds
the pillow in her chair
where she will sleep
till suppertime makes
all things clear
in stinking fish
(or so I wish.)
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Grayce Scholt is a retired English professor from Mott College who wrote art reviews for the Flint Journal. Her book of poetry, Bang! Go All the Porch Swings, is available online from Amazon and locally at Pages Bookstore in downtown Flint.
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