Autumn, all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey..

Cat's Dream




How neatly a cat sleeps,
sleeps with its paws and its posture,
sleeps with its wicked claws,
and with its unfeeling blood,
sleeps with all the rings--
a series of burnt circles--
which have formed the odd geology
of its sand-colored tail.

I should like to sleep like a cat,
with all the fur of time,
with a tongue rough as flint,
with the dry sex of fire;
and after speaking to no one,
stretch myself over the world,
over roofs and landscapes,
with a passionate desire
to hunt the rats in my dreams.

I have seen how the cat asleep
would undulate, how the night
flowed through it like dark water;
and at times, it was going to fall
or possibly plunge into
the bare deserted snowdrifts.
Sometimes it grew so much in sleep
like a tiger's great-grandfather,
and would leap in the darkness over
rooftops, clouds and volcanoes.

Sleep, sleep cat of the night,
with episcopal ceremony
and your stone-carved moustache.
Take care of all our dreams;
control the obscurity
of our slumbering prowess
with your relentless heart
and the great ruff of your tail.

Poem translated by Alastair Reid

Submitted by Jen

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cat
• brekkie
• autumn
• mamma's
• papa's
• california
• dreaming

[pressti995]

I♥Anneliese Braun!!!! sie rockt!^^

[Twilightilovethis]

ich verstehe auch immer Annelise Braun :x

[gekkegerrit11]

@JBraun1990

Zeg het nog maar eens in je hoofd ... *klinkt* als ...hint :0)

[JBraun1990]

@pressti995 wtf?

[MercMaster101]

love this freacken song!!

[MrFrisMich]

anelise braun braun braun

[xerox102]

all the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey <3

[JUANCHOMAN47]

ALl the leaves are brown the sky

[SuperKrista777]

I like it! (inlove)

[MrFriedl]

lernt englisch proleten^^

[TheQThalas]

like the song and love the poem