Fat Cats Poem by John Sensele

Rain fell on a famine-stricken home where mice
Fat cats' lips chewed kitten's bread
Swiped every time, every slice
By fat cats who wiped away every quid from the homestead.


Mice broke their backs toiling in unison like bees
Following the queen bee into a beehive, fying in an echelon swarm
To collect nectar from every hectare make honey seas
While fat cats entertain and keep parasites warm.

Cumulo-nimbus clouds fed by lightning
In the context of fat cats' snatching every coin
Drench emaciated mice starved in the dining
Room where fat cats failed to invite emaciated mice to join.

Walking and thinking of the next move,
Emaciated mice devise a sizable strategy
To even scores with fat cats and survive
Despite tricks hidden in an idol's effigy.