July/August 2020

They each are amazing Splendid Every day Pleasing little kids But they don’t understand They fight every day to get their way To be the best of the best amusement park One says Analise Braddock, 9Katonah, New York

Gimme a call in France, Australia, Europe Gimme me a call in Hawaii or Texas Gimme me a call in where I can sunbathe I will sit in the beach with salt filling moist air While water splashes up to my ankles And wait for my call Gimme me a call in Alaska While washing my metal torso I will watch the northern lights while waiting for a ring Gimme me a call in part of Asia Where hail plunks on my chest Clang Gimme me a call where I am polishing my chest from hailstorm damages Gimme me a call in Spain On my computer brain Analise Braddock, 9Katonah, New York

It’s the guard of the non-rubbed spot The belly It will hiss and scratch to get its way Till he wins as protector His roar isn’t mighty It is hairy and soft It will run and charge Break and bend Hit and whack Bat and claw When this happens, the singing of Earth stops The people who rub no like violence The Earth no like it either The biter, hisser, scratcher, biter, and clawer no like it either He can’t control himself Violence is no one’s friend Not even a cat’s Analise Braddock, 9Katonah, New York