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Rated: E · Poetry · Pets · #2103275
in a Crapsey Cinquain
Paw prints
across my heart
and scars on furniture
where you marked your territory.
Meow!




*Heart*   *Cat2*   *Cross1* *Heart*


Author's note: Inspired by the compactness of the Japanese haiku, Adelaide Crapsey devised a distinctly American version of the five-line Cinquain with syllable counts of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2, as demonstrated in the following links:

http://www.cinquain.org/cinquain.html

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cinquain.html

*Heart*   *Cat2*   *Cross1* *Heart*

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