Foxy Cat

Foxy Cat is flat.

I know this because I narrowly missed

his steaming carcass the other day

on my way to work.

We weren’t that fond

of Foxy Cat, but for his

incongruous brown brush

set against an otherwise cloudy cotton coat,

now embossed with tractor tyre tread.

Notable only for winding up our dog

was Foxy Cat,

and terrorizing the neighbour’s rabbit

by standing beyond the French windows

out of reach.

Each day I pass,

his pancake imprint becomes less.

Until one day there’ll be nothing left

of Foxy Cat.

One wrong turn -

his earthly contribution

faded to less than a memory.

John H Davies

20th April 2011