Cats In Bags



Can you keep a secret?
Like a kitten wrapped in a bag.
Enough air to keep it alive.
Only your trapped lies
Ruin the final show.

Keep the kitten snug,
Loved and warm
No room for escape for the little bug.
The clown waltz;
He ends up crushing the bag
The foolish jester hurt the kitten
And the cats out of the bag.

A lie covered by another lie-
The show will never end.
The clown continues to dance
Because he brought another bag
"Please don't let the cat out again"
Love and warmth will keep it in;
Only let it breath every now and then.

About this poem

This poem is about compulsive lying.

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Submitted by emmah.00875 on April 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

36 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXX BXBXAXA XXXACXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 540
Words 120
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 7

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