Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MEND IT NOW, by RUTH MCGRAIL


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MEND IT NOW, by                    
First Line: I had a bowl of thick rich cream
Last Line: I'll eat my cream, myself.
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Milk; Milkmen; Milkmaids


I had a bowl of thick rich cream
Upon my pantry shelf;
A prowling cat crawled through the screen
And ate that cream, himself.

I saved another bowl of cream
With thoughts of cakes to be,
Made with cream and other things
To eat with toast and tea.

I clean forgot the broken screen,
There were no cats in sight;
Next morn there wasn't any cream
The bowl was lapped and bright.

And there upon my clean bread board
That cat left dusty trace
Of where he sat to clean his paws
And lap cream from his face.

He'll never find more bowls of cream
Upon my pantry shelf
For I've repaired that ragged screen;
I'll eat my cream, myself.





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