17th April 2026

 

kicked in the face

and punched in the mouth

great sparring session

© Rachel Green April 2026

Changing Clothes

my father had two cats

Katie, my mum's old Tuxedo

and Ginny, a grey moggie

a sister didn't want anymore,

and two or three dogs

all fed once a day;

all fed in the kitchen.

his cats ate slower than the dogs

and were fed on a high shelf

which was all well and good

until his friend Chris was drinking tea

on a chair beneath the shelf

and Ginny ate too speedily

and spray-vomited from on-high.

© Rachel Green April 2026