Poetry For Children: Catastrophe, Catastrophe! © Poem by Roann Mendriq

All the pets were very good,
in our PetPeeve neighbourhood.
The dogs shook hands and never chased
cars; they deemed it was a sorry waste!

Pet turtles kept to their own shell,
Parrots enquired, "Are you well? "
Hamsters said, "Excuse me please",
every time they chanced to sneeze.

But in the house with the red tin tile,
lived a cat who would not smile.
Her green eyes glowed beguilingly,
and she was named...Catastrophe.

She chased the dogs right down the track,
She gave the birds a heart attack;
She spilt the trash cans out of spite,
and never, ever was contrite.

She screeched to sharpen all her claws,
leaving prints of dirty paws;
And Dadas muttered at such spree,
"Catastrophe! Catastrophe! "

Every night, she'd skulk and prowl,
Under the moon, she'd hunt and howl;
Till babies wailed and bawled in bed,
while Mamas shook their sleepy heads.

She slithered down the red tile roof,
till all the dogs went woof-woof-woof!
And Mamas murmurmed to agree,
"Catastrophe! Catastrophe! "

But then one night of inky black,
a burglar stole in with a sack;
She pounched upon his crouchng back,
proceeding swiftly to attack.

She clawed and chased him down the lane,
He howled in disbelief and pain;
And Mamas, Dadas cheered in glee,
"Catastrophe! Catastrophe! "