Kitty and the Great Big Rat

Once I saw a great big rat
maimed by cat's claw;
bleeding out as he went,
drop by drop by drop.

Kitty came to finish him off,
greedily gulped him down.
When she was done there was just
blood soaked into the ground.

About this poem: ▼

Line Count: 8
This poem was written for "Monsters Under The Bed - CLOSED"  for the October contest.
The prompt instructions for this round:
1. Start your poem with 'Once I saw'.
2. Maintain the Syllable count: 7,4,6,5 / 8,6,7,6
3. Put your own dark twist on the poem.
Your version can be mysterious, dark, or horror.
4. This contest forum is rated 18+
Your entries can go as high as GC,
but please no sexual assault, pedophilia, scat, or racism.
5. Entry must be submitted in 'bitem' or 'entry' format.
6. You may edit your poem after it's been submitted, but not after the deadline.

Original nursery rhyme: "Once I Saw a Little Bird"
written by Walter Crane in 1874

Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, “Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?”

And was going to the window
To say, “How do you do?”
But he shook his little tail,
And far away he flew.