Image: ‘Suburban Streets‘ © Felix the Cat. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Author: Arthur Margot
Crossed with us she shouted and boomed and raised
Her voice, throughout the household heard,
Intonations soon dismissed by ears,
Livid, she thought to chase us all
Down the flight of stairs and
Hoping to catch any,
Out the door and
Of her grasp
Did we escape,
Realising nothing could
Usurp the freedom once tasted and
Left unchecked of fleeing from a mother’s hold,
Easily slipped, scampered, dodged, bolted, vanished,
Soon to hear the distant yells echo fainter and fainter.