Roxanne's DNA

Roxanne is a wild cat
Green eyes stare at me defiantly
with a loud unspoken
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Stay away from me
You have toenail clippers in your hand!
NOOOOOO!!!!!!
What do I care that you paid
$2000 plus for that French antique
farm table!
I see TREENice scratching post
thank you and
Meoooowww!!!

What do you expect
I'm a kitten
born of a feral mother
Saved from the incinerator
Bearing me and four orange tabby
Brothers
I am your bundle of joy
and exasperation
I am your kitty
and your own little monster
I am a furry coat
of spinning atoms
a thousand years of
cat Will-ful-ness
and as many ways
to say - uh-uh-no-no-noooo
And by the way
do NOT confuse my purring
For love and obedience
Or I will scratch your eyes out.
Batavia, Illinois 2010