Zen Poetry #1: The Cat in Room 103

 The Cat in Room 103

A Ragdoll cat named Terri

Visits a pet hotel in room 103.

That pet hotel she visits

Happens to be calm, peaceful, and cozy.

She says to her two dog buds - who happens to be collies -

“The 1800s Brunch party is at 11am, and we gotta wake up early.

You know what that means. We gotta rest up now.”

Then she closes her eyes and sways to Beethoven’s music -

As a way of winding down,

But all of a sudden, in the middle of her meditative moment -

She hears a howl!

She puts her ear on the wall to hear where the howling is coming from -

It was her dog bud in room 104 named Tom.

She rolls her eyes, lets out a sigh, and said, “Go to sleep!” 

Then she walks back to bed and continues swaying her head,

Hoping she won’t here a peep.

All of a sudden, she hears a hoot -

At least it’s not a howl -

It was her 2nd dog bud named Blake 

In room 102 -

She raises her voice, “Go to sleep!”

And Blake said, “I can’t! This crazy owl is hooting loud!”

Terri prepares to raise her voice again -

But stops herself to avoid bickering

As she hears Blake snickering -

She takes a breath,

Walks back to her bed,

Plays Hiromi Uehara’s jazz version of Beethoven’s music,

And sways her head.

Suddenly she hears Tom letting out another howl -

Terri’s getting really annoyed now!

Tom yells, “Hey, keep it down, you coyotes!

We’re trying to catch some Z’s!”

Tom and Blake snickers and laughs,

Then Blake lets out a quack.

Blake yells, “Stop your quacking, you ducks!

We’re trying to sleep! Don’t wake us up!”

Tom and Blake laughs again,

And they continued making animal sound effects, such as clucking like a hen.

But Terri decides that she's not gonna let her dog buds keep her from resting her eyes

'Cause at the end of the day,

She wants to join the 1800s Brunch party,

And not be late.

So she transfers her music to Bluetooth,

Puts on her Bluetooth headphones,

Stretches and yawns,

And to dreamland, she's gone.