TOM CAT
by yesk
thomas is such a failure
never eats jerry
always gets his ass kicked by the bulldog
i am thomas
i think i can, i think i can
different engine all together
god i need some coffee
he died for my coffee
there he was
beaten and bloodied
fixed above for all to see
so that i might be pleasured each morning
provoked to wake up
and make some sense.
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I interpret Thomas as an absurd Jesus, as an example to one as to what to not be. This tops many Bukowskis. Thanks for the poem.
Very apt interpretation of the classic animated series here! i grew up eating P and J sandwiches watching these two play cat and mouse. There’s also a burly African-American maid who gets a piece of ‘Mr. Tom’ every once in a while. …and looking back on it, it seems there’s a lot of ‘sub S&M’ going on here with all the spanking. Maybe that’s an alternate interpretation than the ‘Fight Club’ perspective…i don’t know? Cool poem with thought-provoking questioning of the human psyche! Keep it up Mr./Mrs. (?) Yesk!