Puzzle Box Cat

"Look at that Cat his face is a mess!
Said the plump pigtailed Jenny in the cast iron dress,
"This dress weighs me down because it's made of old pennies.
"Pennies? Said the Cat "Oh! Jenny! Oh! Jenny!
The cat sprawled right out on the little road rug,
You could see by his big arms he was a part time thug,
"So why is your cat face spun out of sorts?
"I fell down the stairs and this state i have bought!
The cats face was so funny shaped like a puzzle box,
His eyes were by his small teeth,
His mouth by his red locks,
His nose was by his ears and they were high up,
He did have such problems drinking from cups,
"Well I'm going to help you put your face back together!
"Whatever the time? Whatever the weather?
"Your such a sweet cat i could not possibly say no!
"Then help me you must! Please do not go!
So with that she had the most grand of ideas,
"Put aside your puzzle face! Put aside your fears!
She described a method of putting heads back in place,
To roll him back down the stairs in similar grace,
"But wont that really hurt me?
The cat began to cry,
"Oh! Come on now! Cant you see?...Thats the only way to fly?
He agreed lightly but was scared about the move,
He twiddled his thumbs creating a groove,
They both climbed the stairs and stood at the top,
Jenny placed the cat on the edge and gave him a bop,
He rolled all the way down cracking his nose,
All the parts of his body took similar blows,
And then there he was at the bottom of the stairs,
With his puzzle box face he really didn't care,
"Oh dear! Oh Dear! Said Jenny aloud,
The cat looked round stared out from his cloud,
"Whats happened? Please tell me! the cat wept,
"It would seem that you arms and legs have kind of crept...
"Crept...where? the cat purred raising a brow,
"Well they're not where they are at now...
The cat looked in the mirror with a shock! Horror! Gasp!
His one leg was on his bottom,
He looked like a wasp!
His arms were just behind his big cat ears,
"Of all the things this life i had this big fear!
"Well look... Jenny huffed with a sigh,
"Not all this is bad you can now reach very high
The cat did not look at all very jolly,
"My owner is coming home soon, I look like a wally!
Jenny had a wonderful idea at hand,
If the cat stood just right he could be a hat stand,
He just walked away in a huff!
"I look very silly! Enough is enough!

© Copyright 2006 Leigh Cole

Also Published in . Lively Tales Magazine ' Issue 5