Bodega Cat

Bodega Cat protects the store

For rodents would think twice

Before they’d squeeze through cracks or door –

That goes for rats and mice.

 

I pass this market on my walk

Yet sometimes miss the cat.

Perhaps he’s hiding or mid-stalk –

Who knows where he is at?

 

At times he sits outside and stares

But leaves if someone nears.

I do not think he really cares

How haughty he appears.

 

Bodega cats have jobs to do;

They aren’t there to pet,

For if a mouse comes sneaking through,

He’ll perish with regret.