Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Eloquent Tail -- 7

This is my favorite kind of reverso -- the meaning doesn't just shift subtly, but is almost quite the opposite.


Hidden--
Not
seen,
tail
flicking,
behind the toy tunnel--
Spotted
cat.

Cat
spotted
behind the toy tunnel.
Flicking
tail
seen--
Not
hidden.

3 comments:

  1. OH this is a scarey poem! When midnight flicks his tail you know there will be blood shed! ooooohhhhhhh sshhhh

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  2. Chloe just doesn't have a blood lust. She does, however, spray -- which I've never known a female domestic to do. Of course, she barely domesticated. :)

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  3. I thought i just wrote something here! Midnight does't spray but does prefer a spotless box and refuses to use a dirty box! he rattles his tail, yells, and draws our blood before messing the floor!

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