Feminine Vengeance
by mazHur

a swift swipe imparted by the mother cat
turned off the bitch with a bruised muzzle;
there was a brief ceasefire between the two of them
as they saw me coming;
the mother cat crawled into her nesting enclave
which she had chosen inside the scrap dump
to bear and shelter her kittens for safety;
the bitch simply followed me away but-
the next day i heard the roar of bitch
intermixed with the screams of the mother cat;
I rushed to the scene to investigate
though the ugly furious sounds i heard
augured nothing but trouble;
Ah, what a horrible scene was before my eyes!
A battle I saw between life and death,
A scene of animal vengeance and vendetta,
A struggle for survival by the smaller mother,
An effort to exterminate by the bigger female;
A nasty show of hate and grudge and power
a mad attempt to kill, a sane attempt to defend,
Offensive and defensive at its peak!
Too late it turned out for me to halt
the fierce battle between the incompatible foes,
the mother cat stood the ground like a brave lion
her kittens hiding behind her in their slum catty,
swiping the bitch as hard as she could
and the bitch gone wild with rage and fury
determined not to back off as in a death fight
suddenly grabbed the mother cat between her teeth
furiously swung it left and right, up and down,
and lo! the soul of the mother cat departed
faster than it may have entered her body at birth!
The poor mother cat was gone, gone for ever!
Finished, the bitch who had been too swift to attack
and kill the mother cat retreated back
quite out of breath towards me
wagging her tail and making me wonder
Males and females are equally gentle
in matters of love but
when it comes to hate and vengeance,
females are fathoms high .