The cat left no suicide note
unlike the farmer who died
in the same way
head swathed in cling wrap
like a cellophane mummy
note fabricated:
he met with foul play.
His wife the killer — Insurance —
eager for a big pay.
But who would asphyxiate a cat
& dump it by the riverside
where dreamy poets wander
& children play?
.
John Malone 
Good question. Vengeance against an ex who left the cat behind on their way out? 😱 (sometimes, I hate where my mind takes me)
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who knows? exes can get up to dreadful things —
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Oof. Effective poem, but what an awful thing to do!
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it took me tow days to get this poem to work — I wanted it so bad: that dreadful memory from many moons back to that case in Melbourne only a few days ago —
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This was based on a true story? How awful! (The event, not the poem – the poem is excellent)
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yes, both my story and the news story are true; I found the cat, head cling-wrapped on the cold hillside one morning during my walk; I love cats; it was very traumatic
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😦
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thank you; I hesitated to post the poem but I said, if you can’t put up things that really move you, what’s the use of being on WordPress?
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Absolutely gut-wrenching
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thank you, Beth; I know it’s gut wrenching but I just had to write about it; I put up the ‘Warning’ so people could choose not to read it if they wished; to think I almost chickened out by NOT posting it 😦
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oh, I’m glad you wrote it and shared it, just giving you my reaction – some people are horrible
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thanks Beth: they are — and I’ll never understand why they take it out on a poor animal unless, as one blogger said, the cat belonged to a warring ex 😦
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Man’s inhumanity to a poor
feline is an abomination 😢
The usual suspects, Neil Young
and Nick Cave, have already been
rounded up. Hope you enjoy their
confession, John 😎
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oh dear, what doors are going to be opened here? I’m about to find out —
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so good to hear that Minogue/Cave collaboration from ‘Murder Ballads’ with its Ophelia-like references; and the CSNY song which I vaguely remember: both set in a similar area where I found the sad cat —
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A morbid attempt to cheer you up,
John. Hope it worked 😎
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thanks David: it did ; was good to hear both songs again 🙂
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Great poem, John,
We can come up with the cruelest ways to kill people.
To snuff out someone’s life for profit takes a special kind of deviance.
I’m also not surprised someone can do this to a helpless animal. Human beings are sick.
Sometimes I’m ashamed to be part of this race,
eden
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sadism is not a pleasant trait: I’m surprised that it’s in our genes — someone bungled —
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Consensual sadism is fine for me, otherwise … do no harm. Too many people make me want to spit blood right now.
Your poems are good solace for me right now.
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thanks Eden; agreed: consensual sadism is fine … I’m glad my poems work for you :)–
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Sick isn’t it, and not surprisingly, people who get kicks hurting animals often progress to humans!😒
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the James Bulger case alone supports your thesis, Hobbo 😦
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Surprisingly, a lot of serial killers start with animals. That is why it is particularly worrying when their is a spate of animal mutilations in an area.😒
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have there been any in your area, Hobbo?
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🤣 Not recently John, thank goodness!
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🙀😿
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thanks for those emojis, Elle 🙂
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There seems to be something fishy that cling wrapped this kitty. Human beings are the worst to come across. Don’t know when the monster will come out. Wonderfully written, John. 🙂
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thanks Terveen: I tinkered with this nasty little piece for two days till I got it right, till I got the respect for the cat and revulsion for the anonymous sadist —
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Glad you let it sink in and then let the words flow. A powerful hit! 🙂
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Perhaps they insured their cat?
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now that is a novel answer 🙂
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Killing for pleasure vs. killing for money to buy pleasure, not so different really. There’s selfishness and sadism, which leaves us to wonder about the true nature of humankind. Excellent combo poem, John.
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thanks, K; i almost never posted because of the topic but I’ve held this atrocity back for too long; somethings need to be aired, our ghosts exorcised, but how do you exorcise sadism???
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Nice poem.. gruesome though
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thanks Kaycee; sometimes the brutality must be faced; pity it’s part of our nature; a design fault, I suspect —
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Awful! Some people!
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I can understand impassioned murder but sadism escapes me 😦
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