Gray and white cat don't run away

Please stay and hunt throughout the day

I like to watch your tail tip sway

And watch you stalk your tiny prey

Underneath a fading birdhouse

I watch you freeze, you've seen a mouse

Running outside a bush pile house

Seeking seeds for his tiny spouse

Gray and white cat begins her creep

A slow climb up a brush pile heap

Paws strike out in a fatal sweep

Snatches brown mouse without a leap

With tail in air cat heads for home

She walks with pride over brown loam

Kittens born under neighbor's dome

She'll return when she needs to roam

Now mother mouse will look for seed

To meet family's hungry need

It's up to her to do the deed

She must go hunting with all speed

We kill to survive like wildlife

We cherish our sharp kitchen knife

Meat and plants ease our hunger strife

Is there peace in a balanced life?

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