Fences

The tom cat
Sings his territory
Both morn and evening
His domain secured
Until a bigger cat
Moves in

I, the bigger cat
Go in search
Of this illusive creature
Seeing only
His shadow fleeing
Under the car

Yet he will sing
Again tonight
At my door
Marking my borders
As his own
Again and again

Animal fences so different
Than ones built
By humans
We mean to keep out
Everything
Animals, only their kind

© 2006 Sandy Vrooman