Simple Want / by Michael Peeters

I want
To be
A cat

A mangy
Furry
Cat

You’ll see
My ear
Is nicked

One eye
Forever
Shut

I bite
And claw
And hiss

And hate
And piss
The world

Is mine,
I claim
But you!

I wish
I was
Your cat

You’d love
Me just
Like that

You feed
Me when
I mew

No matter
Where
I Shat

Or peed
Or clawed
Your precious

Sweater
To rags
So smug

You love
Me just
Like that

But come
To think
Perhaps

I wish
You were
My cat

I’d love
You just
Like that

As well
I’d need
Those mews

I’ll know
That when
Kneeled down

I clean
Your piss
It was

My due
And
Justified

Much as
I’ll find
You sleeping

In
My favorite
Spot

But that’s
O K
That is

Where you
Belong
Where we

We are
One cat
And shit

And pee
And own
The world.