Ogerty
by Ann Grogan / May 31st, 2026
— After Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Ogerty’s a massive, grisly feline
who’s always up to no good,
he stalks at all hours and shits in garden flowers
as he traumatizes the whole neighborhood.
Ogery kicks over cans leaving garbage strewn about,
touts firm belief in anti-aetheofascism,
then seduces the girls who join his cult
leaving all sense in the deepest chasm.
You’re too old and fat to have more progeny,
and the world is sufficient with one
like you who terrorizes both young and the old,
unnerving the meek and the bold!
Ann Grogan is a joyful octogenarian, piano player, and retired lawyer living in San Francisco, CA. Her writing promotes the unequivocal permission to pursue one’s passions at any age. Her poems have appeared in
Dissent Voice, Querencia, Amethyst Review, The Prairie Review, New Verse News, and
Writers Resist, among others
. She was named a semifinalist for
The Writing Salon’s 2025 Jane Underwood Poetry Prize and for
Leftie Blondie’s chapbook competition. Find her at
rhapsodydmb.com.
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This article was posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
