I Went Out Walking

[MystyrMystyry]

I went out walking
Last evening

Walking my cat

The atmosphere was heavy
And slow the sky was crushing down
Low to the ground

Dogs growled and barked
From behind
Minimum security
Prison fences

Assorted strangers
Quickly turned
Or crossed the street

I continued
Beneath the rare elms
And poplars

The rising moon
Loomed golden red
Huge over the hills

My heels click-clacked
Softly
Upon the paving bricks
Tapping a distant memory
Through the crepuscular haze

Past the main street
Beyond the park
Streetlamps flicker awake

Our shadows
(My cat and mine)
Stretched and squeezed
As the breeze blew
Leaves and papers
Across our path

The long way back
Around the boondocks
Over the rickety bridge
Until the attic light
Of my house
Beckoned

Outside a neighbor
Spoke words
I nodded

My cat roared
Opened its jaws wide
Took one bite
And swallowed him whole

[108 fountains]

I like this a lot. I don't know what it means, but I like it a lot.
Maybe you should change the title though to Walking my Cat.
That would make the third line stand out even more and tie in the ending to make it more whole.

[Jerrybaldy]

Hey MM.. Good to see you back again, unique style in place, alive and well. I am sure I could read this anywhere and know it was you..it could only be you and that is a good thing.

[AuntShecky]

Glad you decided to pay us NitLetters a visit. You've been missed. It's always a treat to read your "stuff."

Auntie

[tfkmarauder]

I enjoyed the poem even more after i read the last lines. Plot twist! The description you have is very good, i enjoy your writing alot.

[MystyrMystyry]

Thankyou 108 fountains! :)

[MystyrMystyry]

Thanks JB :)

[MystyrMystyry]

Thankyou Aunty :)

[MystyrMystyry]

Thanks tfkmarauder :)