Cat Poem by Clive Culverhouse

This poem is also on PoetrySoup, here's a comment 'Witty clever fun.'

It occured to me after writing this peom that the phrase 'curveball' is a baseball term that is also used as an expression of an unexpected happening in life, very appropriate I thought.

I tried to get the poem as square shaped as I could, a square is equal but not much in life turns out equal, our lives are riddled with irregularities.

I love this poem, it's possibly my favourite that I have written. It's about mental health, are we strong and adaptive enough for what life throws at us. I chose the cat as a counter to our vulnerability, cats being naturally independent and strong, survivors, an oxymoron between cats and us.