by Rene Pietersen

Created on: August 12, 2009

'twas in my humble bed I lay
When the shadow came upon my day
The sun was swallowed up by night
And then began my growing fright.
My kitten sleeping on the floor
In a box right by my door.
And she says she loves me so
And this small truth I very well know.
However, on that haunted night
I witnessed a horrible sight
For at 3 AM, not quite at dawn,
A breeze, a shadow, my kitten was gone.
I went outside, I called her name
"Reveka! Reveka!" No answer. A pain
Of worry and fright came upon me
Where she was, I could not see.
An adventure, I thought, will take place
I have to laugh at the face
Of fear, and go looking for
My beloved kitten, who sleeps by my door.
So I went and looked, and saw, trust me,
Nothing, when a horrible thought struck me.
Has she run away? I wondered out loud
And not a word, no whisper, no sound.
And after 4, I tarried not
I went home, to bed I trot
And discovered Reveka, and she was upset
And for once, her anger I met.
She went, she saw
And she came back
Because all she got
Was a midnight snack

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