Mooky's First Christmas Part Two!

Mooky's First Christmas

Part Two!

Strings upon strings
of tiny white lights
spilling out of their boxes
tangled mess
of spaghetti
on my floor
plugging, yanking, testing
and kitty pouncing
on every "blinking" one of them!
tail entwined
cords pierced
by tiny sharp teeth
she is one wired cat all right!
And as each string finds its way
onto the tree
so does Mooky
leaping upward
we must work fast
winding
no time for fastening
we are racing against her
clockwise
’round and ’round
simply dizzying
for all of us
until the angel
is reverently placed
at the top
in all its serenity
even Mooky
is compelled to stare
in awe

the lid is lifted
and all the shiny balls
have survived the year
and the seasons
in the attic
but will they all survive Mooky?
she is totally mesmerized
as each one
is gently lifted
and hung
onto its own special branch
hanging in just the right way
reflecting a million sparkling lights
the yearly sacrifice
of Christmas
is about to be made
which one of us will it be
the globes all wonder
Mooky sees herself
in one of the strangely enticing mirrors
Oh, Resplendent Kitten
within My reach!
and
she begins
her batting game
with the ill-fated ornament
in only three swipes
she fells the other feline
the shining one
and it drops at her feet
splintering
sharp slivers
fragments of its former self
and
Mooky is pleased
Mission Accomplished!
downright proud
until
the short attention span of kittenhood
has her searching
for another victim
BUT
THERE ARE NONE TO BE FOUND!
we have foiled her plan
and discovered the unbreakable decorations
bought at ½ price after last Christmas!
she still bats
but now just chases the fallen
until she
as all kittens do
suddenly tires
and
becomes the fallen
curling up on the soft tree skirt
for the first time
under a Christmas tree

she was the finishing touch
and now
the tree is fully decorated!

Mother of Invention, hoping she won't climb the tree when she awakes!

(The picture on the left is actually, Socks, our other cat. I'll try to capture Mooky this year! Had some others but Blogger will not let me upload any today!!???)