Fatal Wonder
Where’s that naughty kitty been?
Even though it’s nearly ten,
she’s not had a single nibble
of the tuna and the kibble
that I put outside the door
long ago—two hours or more.
If dead from curiosity,
she’s passed her illness onto me!
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
But the cat has 9 lives — and you have only one! Do protect your one life!
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I’m trying.
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I’m SO glad both kitties are home and well. If only Kukla could tell you where he’s been!
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I absolutely love this. I really love the last line. 🙂
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Thanks, Susan. Short and to the point. That’s what a quadrille forces us to be.
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True!
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It’s actually my boy cat that disappears for days at a time. They started out as 4 kittens invading my wall. Now after a few years we are down to two. Every time he doesn’t come back, I wonder. She seems the most adventurous but he is the disappearer.
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So, it’s based on life. 🙂 That would make you wonder, so the kitty’s curiosity could be catching.
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Ah, a cat’s curiosity is the worst especially with what they can bring home. Imagine having that curiosity spread lol.
I say that as a person with many cats, and this is too accurate. I worry about my (indoor) cats if they’re just acting the slightest bit off!
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I had 5 at one time–four of them kittens. What a zoo but what fun.
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Oh no! Did he turn up?
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Nope not so far.
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I hope he does.
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Great title and I love the idea that curiosity is an illness that’s catching. Wonderful. Glad to have found your blog.
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Thanks, K. So delighted that you dropped by. Come back.
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Oh my! I hope she makes it back ok…
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They were both there this morning waiting for their breakfast.
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😅🙏😻
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A delightful rhyming quadrille! Here kitty, kitty ……
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Thanks, Helen.
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This clever little ditty left me smiling!
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So glad. I aim to make smiles!
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adorable, Ms. Judy! Left me smiling. But also please don’t get her illness!
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Curiosity is not really a bad thing. Necessary to writers, for sure.
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definitely!
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A very cute poem… Our curiosity doesn’t stop in childhood. The cat always comes back you know!
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I am sure it’s not for the cat you should worry, he is probably feasting on the poor robin who has ceased to sing.
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Ah, sadly, too often true.
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I love this, especially that stinger last line. Hope that wayward kitty came home!
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Yes.. they both showed up for breakfast and dinner!
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I never read poetry thinking it is true or personal – but see from the comments this is – I really hope the kitten turns up!
This was moving even not assuming it was “true.”
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