Felidae’s Web

Caught firm within vermillion web

Held fast by bewitching smile

Struggle against the fawning voice

Blinkered to the charm and guile

Pampered, enamoured, the bait taken

Feast upon morsels of faint praise

The cocoon is spun, entrapment secured

Now powerless to escape the gaze

The feline moves with grace across the floor

And pounces, claws now digging deep

Petted and played with, exhausted and broken

Tossed by the paws and caught in one leap

Dancing to the tune of deceitful maw

The puppeteer of passion pulls the string

Guided and misguided, prodded and cajoled

Lips licking at the capture of the plaything

Feasting long enough to fill her needs

Discarded scrap unworthy of attention

Wolf mother retreats to her chosen lair

Until next she needs compliant subjection

Used, abused, beaten and rejected

The rattled mouse wallows in confusion

Ignored, abhorred, despised and forgotten

The fantasy which was, now mere illusion

© Fergus Martin

2012

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