{"sf1_id":1439823,"sf2_id":null,"title":"POEM: Walking In Front Of Me!","author":"Jade Sinapu","words":655,"posted_at":"2019-04-19T15:57:00.000Z","tags":["Cat","Dog","Humor","Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1439823-poem-walking-in-front-of-me","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1439823","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1439823\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"**I will try to keep this terse.  \nThis poem has 2 lines of mildly suggestive verse.  \nIt also has one weak swear word .  \nIn other areas, things may have gotten blurred  \n  \nI admit my style is probably rather unfashionable and simple, but it is what rolls off my flapping tongue.  \nI am not a professional writer.\u0026nbsp; I was just having fun.  \nI think that this unsophisticated poem is classified as doggerel.   \nYou know, almost rhymes with dog-drool. Fitting**\n\n* * *\n**Walking in Front of Me**  \n  \n  \n**These woods are the place I like to be  \nWith you walking in front of me.  \nThe sunlight burning bright in your fur.  \nQuietly, you continue to purr...  \n... As you walk in front of me.  \n  \nThe heat of sunlight soaking deep into your fine coat.  \nVaporizing oils that float on the breeze you make.  \nI am surrounded by the odor of you, floating in your lake.  \nHoping it will last, pray nothing will capsize my boat.  \n  \nYour silky black tail, with its gentle curve so right.  \nI declare, is one of the prettiest things in sight!  \nThe way it connects with a wonderful bump,  \nAnd whats beneath..oops...tripped over a stump!  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Your paws land on the forest floor without a sound.  \nPanting with frustration, I continue to pound.  \n  \nYou are taking me to your private place only you know.  \nA place where you say the white rapids flow.  \nBetween smoothed boulders worn by time.  \nA place, you assure, that is sublime.  \nThe hunting is easy, the air clean.  \nI bet you live there, like a queen.  \nThe trail is long, but the view is pretty.  \nAs I walk behind this fluffy, cute, kitty.  \n  \nLooking down, your claws retracted.\u0026nbsp; A relaxed feline.  \nLooking down, mine are blunt and fixed, typical canine.  \nHow much farther is it there?\u0026nbsp; I whine.  \nAre we walking the straightest line?  \n  \n\"What's the hurry, do you have some place to be?  \nWhy not walk this path with me?\"  \nNo, no.\u0026nbsp; No plans have I.  \nHarder, I guess I must try.  \n  \nDo you have anything to eat once we get there?  \nPerhaps a crisp apple, juicy peach, or ripe pear?  \n  \nHey you dropped something, what is this?  \n\"Hmm...must be the key to my cabin up ahead.  \nWe can go there.. or keep walking instead...\"  \nCabin please, I sure need to take a piss  \n  \n\"Cant you use the outdoors?\"  \nNo, I'm a dog of the indoors.  \nWhat, you think I walk on all fours?  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"I do sometimes, its only primal.  \nFor survival, its often vital.  \nYou can run faster,  \nTo escape disaster.  \nYou know like an animal?  \nCertainly that is something understandable?  \nHey speaking of, I could show you how to live like a big cat.  \nAnyway, were almost there!\u0026nbsp; Let's cut the chitchat!\"  \n  \nFitting the key to the lock, it easily turns.  \ninside I see, a light that burns  \nCandles all around, already lit  \nYou had this planned, now I get-it!  \n  \nA dinner table, a comfy bed.  \nThis place is much more than a shed!  \nWhat a cozy place... just yourself?  \nKind of reminds me of my old place in Guelph.  \n  \nWell, well what's for dinner?  \nThat long walk has made me thinner!  \nMeat all around if you please!  \nCanines are lactose intolerant, seriously, no cheese!  \n  \nSet before me, plates of plenty!  \nMeat of all kinds, maybe twenty!  \nDoes anything excite me more than good food?  \nExcept, perhaps, hedgehogs stewed?  \n  \nA gust of wind blows the windows ajar.  \nNow where did that come from? Bizarre!  \nThe candles are out!\u0026nbsp; I can't see!  \nOooof!\u0026nbsp; Dang!\u0026nbsp; I bumped my knee!  \n  \n\"The food has spilled all over the place!  \nHow ever will I clean this space?\"  \nLet's use our raspy tongues, you know what to do!  \nJust slurp it up, don't forget to chew!  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"Okay, but what about us?\u0026nbsp; We are covered in vittles.\"  \nWell, that's easy!  \nSame as the floor; just don't hold the giggles!**  \n\n* * *\n  \n  \n\n"}