Doggerel Dave

The Night Male

THE NIGHT MALE.    

And once more that bloody tomcat has done for me again:    

Another visitation bringing nostril tearing pain.

My front door covered with profusely applied pollution;

Concentrated vapours fill the house without dilution.

 

Because he’s got the hots for the moggy across the road,

This way he marks territory - it’s his warning in code.

And so he hopes to keep every other rival at bay

Whereas all I just want to do is send this rogue away.

 

I would like to hose the door right now but it’s well past ten;

The woman across the road is bound to call the cops then.

She holds tiresome grudges and I’m the focus of her ire;

My hint re her pet and the vet really unleashed her fire.

 

But there’s more to this than discomfort  from a reeking smell

Undeniably this is also a message from hell.

Not just limits laid, this odour is an advisory

Of long nights completely broken by howling lechery.

 

I cannot care which lusty feline does the aria;

I must do something drastic, like move to Tasmania.

Although if some lateral thinking were brought into play

Then perhaps a more local response could just win the day:

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The decline of the circus is a modern phenomenon;

As a result I’ve acquired Neville, a tired old lion. 

Nev now gets to lie on my verandah – with never a roar; 

He’s inclined to grunt scratch and yawn a bit but covers my door. 

 

The Council, Health, the R.S.P.C.A. the zoo and Police

All questioned me, but with randy ginger gone now I have peace.

Three joint meetings they’ve held, however without resolution, 

So this may mean Neville provides a definite solution…..