Filled with Flaws - Linette Rabsatt
poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien
Filled with Flaws
Linette Rabsatt
while dogs guffawed
and split their jaws
the cats cut their paws
because their catatonic laws
were filled with flaws
because no one saw
what was about to descend
the genus didn't know how to append
what a pen
couldn't see
couldn't be
wouldn't decree
and this oddball spree
was over before it started
because the cats
catapulted
to what suited
their strange needs
with their conscience freed
this was meant to be
it's one of those inevitabilities
like the toes that bled
blue and yellow - not red
as some words
that may seem dry or dread
and lack substance
like dried old bread
they serve better
when left unsaid
