This is my cat Caper.

She inspired this poem a few years ago. She has since become an indoor cat who goes a little hysterical for shrimp.

Mouse Chops

By Christina Friedrichsen

Black cat

chasing gull.

Bird flies,

cat cries.

Drat.

Mouse appears,

out of hole.

So much chutzpah,

that little mouse.

Splat.

Damn cat.

Eats mouse chops raw.

Leaves little mouselettes

without a ma.

Ahh.