Dangerous cats

Woman left bloodied by moggy calls for ban on dangerous cats

METRO, 22 August 2012

Cats of every cast,
of every stripe, every shade, inbred, crossbred,
scratching livings on pigeons and rats.

Black ones are worst,
drawn to the wheelie bin backs of the takeaways,
flicking their claws, marking their turf.

It’s an unlucky turn
that strays you into their path and they circle you,
purring, sizing you up like cream

left on a window ledge.
On a dark still moonless city night, every cat
that isn’t white to you is black.

(c) 2012 Slush Poet