No-Name The Cat Poem by David Lewis Paget

No-Name The Cat

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The cat and I stare at the room
No-name the cat, the cat and I,
She stares at me, I at the gloom
The house lies still as a vaulted tomb.

She sits and waits, No-name the cat,
Sits and waits for a sign from me
But I in the corner chair am sat
And make no sign for No-name the cat.

We’re all alone, alone are we
No-name the cat, the cat and I
Only the two, No-name and me
Yet once in the past we numbered three.

Now on the floor, between us two
No-name the cat, and me, lies you.
Your eyes are staring, your cheek is slack,
Your tongue’s thrust out and your face is blue.

The cat and I stare at the room
No-name the cat, the cat and I,
She stares at me, I at the gloom
The house lies still as a vaulted tomb.

30 June 1999

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jim McGill 28 August 2023

Wow! Well written.

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A powerful perspective that is both compelling and captivating!

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Pamela Iyer 04 March 2012

Wow..... your ability to draw the reader into the experience is incredible

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Ernestine Northover 21 January 2006

Gruesome but great. A really very balanced write, flowing just right. It held me well. Love Ernestine XXX

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David Lewis Paget

David Lewis Paget

Nottingham, England/live in Australia
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