“I am thy fool in the morning, thou art my slave in the night.”
– Paul Dunbar, The Paradox
Every morning I purr and prance
Pets and scratches our romance
Each day my presence let you know
Together our life paths goOne of us a sensual dancer
The other a hopeless romancer
Together we’re an odd pair
One in fur, one in underwearAs night falls on the land
We’re both waiting for that caressing hand
Closeness is what we both crave
I’m so delighted you choose to be my slaveYour radiant beauty enchants
©RedCat
My sensuous touch leads to trance
What a whirlwind romance
Written for Poetics: Beyond Meaning or The Resolution of Opposites over at dVerse.
And inspired by the photo prompt at The Sunday Muse.
The world according to RedCat 
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ooohhh this is clever and really quite wonderful!! 💕
Thank you so much! :-)
Even though my cats don’t think I’m doing anything then describing reality. 🤣
This is really quite brilliant! I especially like; “Closeness is what we both crave.” 💝
Thank you! ❤️
Although the cat look at me like. Well that’s just the way it is! ;-D
Sensuous and romantic redcat, well written.
Thank you!
These lines made me smile, Helene:
‘One of us a sensual dancer
The other a hopeless romancer
Together we’re an odd pair
One in fur, one in underwear’.
Thank you Kim. Reading the finished piece I too had to smile. But then I had cats all my life. And I’m quite sure they don’t want me to spill their secrets like that. :-D
Love it
a paradoxical pairing :)
“One of us a sensual dancer
The other a hopeless romancer”
many thanks for joining the prompt
Thanks for the prompt. It was challenging and fun to try to incorporate paradox with two views at once. :-)
RedCat,
This made me chuckle!
Also, I have a somewhat odd question about this line:
– why did you decide to write “let” in the past tense instead of “lets”? I only ask because the poem is mostly in the present tense so it caught my attention :-)
Yours,
David
It made me smile to write – yes, I have lived with cats all my life – so I’m glad it seem to have amused my readers.
I’m of the opinion that you should never be afraid to ask a question. Even if it’s odd. Or uninformed. (I find it har to say there are no truly dumb question.)
The truth is you caught a – English as second language – flaw. My most common one is misspelling and ending up with another word then intended. The next most common is the wrong tense. I mostly use Google docs, because it’s free and easily accessible. But I know Word would catch a few more of the grammar flaws.
So, thank you for noticing! I want to know if I make a mistake so I can correct it and learn from it.
Sincerely Helene
Oh! I’m glad I could help :-)
What was your first language? (Technically, mine was Russian, but I learned English at a very very young age, and it quickly became my dominant tongue).
-David
My first language is Swedish.
English became the language of my thoughts and dreams as an adolescent when I discovered Fantasy and Science Fiction and discovered that English contain so many more words, or shall I say synonyms then Swedish. 😀
I wonder who is the slave and who is the master if you are dealing with a feline.
Sounds like you have or has had felines in your life. :-D
From their perspective they are the absolute rulers of the universe!
Of course the cat craves closeness…..but on their terms! We live with two cats who agree to share our home with them. Your poem is beautifully expressive.
This is absolutely wonderful and such a fun read RedCat! I am soooo sorry that I am just now seeing this one. I missed it somehow, but what a pleasant find it was.