The Concrete Cat

                                                                                                                                                                    - Dorthi Charles

               

Perhaps the poet wants to tell us about a cat’s ‘catness’ (greediness) in action. Therefore, he has drawn a picture of cat with the help of words, not with lines.

The cat’s ears are alert. They have capital ‘A’ in the middle. The cat’s eyes are wide open which is shown by capital ‘Y’ in the middle of the word ‘eye’. The cat’s tongue is a ‘U’, which means it is hanging down. It presents the greediness of the cat. Though it has killed a mouse, it is drooling over dish. The upside down ‘mouse’ shows that it has been killed. Nearby, there is a litterbin.

The cat has black stripes all over its body. Its tail has also black and white pattern. In the middle line of its body, the cat has stomach tissue.