Such an asset to the garden
our Maine cooncat
suggesting as he does
a hint of wildness
amidst all the order
my dear wife has worked
so passionately to create
you birds beware!
I've at times found feathers
on the ground
clues to a crime I'd rather
not imagine
since we love our jays
our nuthatches our hummers
but with his tawny orange coat
there's something regal
lionlike the way that Ollie crouches
among the flowers
his ears bent slightly forward
catching the least rustle
in the bushes
lining the backyard fence
so still and at the same time
so poised to leap
should the least hint of movement
reach his cocked ears
or catch his watchful eyes