OLD MAU, a cat poem by Mollie Hunt
The universe takes notice
when Old Mau
passes by.
Venerable at twenty-one,
even the strays
don’t come near him.
Scrappy Dan
goes the other way—
No scraps today.
Old Mau chases dogs
for sport,
sinking claws
into unsuspecting
poochie noses
too close to his fence,
too curious.
Old Mau
crosses the garden,
stalks the unkempt lawn:
the beetle,
the moth,
the mouse,
the mole.
Old Mau
blinks green eyes
at the sunshine;
King of the World.
About Mollie Hunt:
Mollie is the author of the Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery series, featuring Lynley Cannon, a sixty-something cat shelter volunteer who finds more trouble than a cat in catnip. Mollie is a member of the Oregon Writers’ Colony, Sisters in Crime, and the Cat Writers’ Association. This year she won a CWA Muse Medallion for her 3-part blogpost series, “Life Stages”.
Like Lynley, Mollie is a grateful shelter volunteer. She is a longtime volunteer for the Oregon Humane Society where she socializes sad, fearful, and behavior-challenged cats. She also fosters sick and elderly cats in her home. In 2014, she had the privilege to work with cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy on a particularly thought-provoking case.
You can find Mollie on her Website: http://www.lecatts.wordpress.com/, her Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.com/author/molliehunt, and her Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/MollieHuntCatWriter/.
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