An Odd Bobcat
An odd bobcat
my father was
looked more like
a Siamese asleep
in his recliner
till a nightmare
from the war
woke him and
he sat up snarling
whiskers aflame
teeth brilliant
diamonds
glistening as
we kids sat there
quietly hoping
he would
fall asleep again
because we had met
the Siamese
and didn’t want to
meet the bobcat
Donal Mahoney
An odd bobcat
my father was
looked more like
a Siamese asleep
in his recliner
till a nightmare
from the war
woke him and
he sat up snarling
whiskers aflame
teeth brilliant
diamonds
glistening as
we kids sat there
quietly hoping
he would
fall asleep again
because we had met
the Siamese
and didn’t want to
meet the bobcat
Donal Mahoney
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