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The Tabby

Tabby, Tabby, curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of an eye,
domestic dreaming signify?

Or, as distant lands he plies,
will he shed his meek disguise?
Dare he don the fierce attire
that his feral dreams require?

Can this dream-shape counterpart
match the fierceness of his heart?
And, in that frame, his heart then beat
to tiger's pulse? As clawed feet,

stalking through that wild domain,
extend the frontiers of his reign?
When he wakes do claws unclasp?
Is he free from vision's grasp?

Why then is it he appears
alert to sounds beyond our ears?
Beats there still to some degree
the pulse of tigers running free?

Tabby, Tabby, curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of an eye,
untamed adventures signify?

By MaXiM

With acknowledgement to William Blake's classic which can be found through this link:
The Tiger


Previous versions:

Tabby! Tabby! curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of an eye,
his cattish dreaming signify?

In those distant lands he plies
will he shed his meek disguise?
Dare he don the fierce attire
that his feral dreams require?

Can this dream-shape counterpart
match the fierceness of his heart?
Would, with that frame, his heart then beat
to tiger's pulse? As clawed feet,

hunting through a wild domain,
extend the frontiers of his reign?
As he wakes do claws unclasp
freeing him from vision's grasp?

Why then it it he appears
alert to sounds beyond our ears?
Can he still feel to some degree
the pulse of tigers running free?

Tabby! Tabby! curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of an eye,
your feline conquests signify?

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Tabby! Tabby! curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of his eye,
mere cattish dreaming signify?

In those distant lands he plies
will he shed his meek disguise?
Dare he don the fierce attire
that his feral dreams require?

Can this dream-shape counterpart
match the fierceness of his heart?
And in that frame will his heart beat
to tiger's pulse? As those feet,

hunting through that wild domain,
extend the frontiers of his reign?
When his body, with a gasp,
frees him from illusions grasp,

he then instantly appears
alert to sounds beyond our ears.
Does he feel to some degree
the pulse of tigers running free?

Tabby! Tabby! curled up tight
in the kitchen late at night.
Does the twitching of your eye,
great feline conquests signify?