B. B. Woodall

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I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma with my wife and four cats. I am retired and devote as much time as I can to writing, both poetry and prose. My preference is for formal verse, but I enjoy reading poetry in all styles.)

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Sonnet: Cat Ownership

You have to love them to sift their latrine,
The uric fragrance burning your nose and eyes
As you render their special place fresh and clean-
One of them watches, impatient, and sighs.
You have to be ready for sleep-rending howls
When one recovers his ragged cloth ball-
At twelve or two- shaking it with feral growls,
Boasting his prey up and down the hall.
You must be attentive- even at four-
If bowls are empty and bellies not full:
Rude rattling and scratching on the bedroom door
Has such a hypnotic, nerve-racking pull.
How apt the pharaohs decreed them divine,
While litter-box slaves were treated like swine.

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