Tisha Carter
“enthusiasm of a blue dog”
Response

I Don’t Scream
By Donna JT Smith
Inspiration piece

I’d like a treat

If you don’t mind;

I’d like the kind

That you would eat.

Not just a bone,

Though that is good,

I think I would

Like I-scream cone.

My pick…

So, if you please,

Another ride

Where you have buyed

Cold sweets for these

Sweet tooths of mine.

I’ll lick it up;

Not in a cup

A cone is fine!

To lick…

I know last time

I got brain freeze

And had a sneeze

Which left some slime;

This time I’ll eat

Without a drip

Escaping lip

In the back seat.

No ick…

You’ll have no mess

I’ll eat with flair

No wear and tear,

Nor drippy-ness.

My tongue will wrap

Around my jaws,

And then my paws

I’ll quickly lap.

So slick…

Could I do more

To seal the deal;

Lick steering wheel,

The floor and door?

I’ve heard it said

That you would scream

For this I-scream;

I’ll bark instead!

My trick…

Cynthia Nazari
Inspiration piece

The Cat’s Meow
By Sophia Carter-Peters
Response

“Order Up!!”

Janice yells, her groovy-shoed feet never resting as she whizzes back and forth along the chrome bar. She never thought her Cat Cafe would do so well!

Customers line up from all over the city for her burgers and shakes.

She brushes a few sesame seeds off her stylish black and white dress, before moving back onto the floor. A shake here, a burger there, “Two Fries, Please!!…”

It never ends, the flurry of her restaurant. Oh, how she loves it.

At the end of a long day, after the Friday Dance Floor Special, she smiles, and says to herself, “Janice. You are one lucky cat!”

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