Pet Regret

I’m on the couch.

I need a wee.

I can’t get up.

She lies on me.

She’s snoozing there

quite happily – 

the cat is fast asleep.

My bladder is

about to burst.

I need to dash

but I’ve been cursed.

Of all afflictions

this is worst – 

the cat is fast asleep. 

My lap is now

some kind of bed.

I’m full of pee.

I’m full of dread,

with thoughts of murder

in my head – 

the cat is fast asleep. 

“Just wake her up”,

I hear you say,

but if I do

there’s hell to pay.

That demon beast

shall get her way – 

the cat is fast asleep.

So, trousers damp,

I’ll sit and wait. 

I’ll muse upon

my sorry state,

and pray that soon

it will abate – 

the cat is fast aszzzzzzzzzzz

Joshua Seigal