In the Philippines cats get no respect,
Unpampered unlike in the US,
Feral street cats no one there wants for pets.
They leap from roof to roof on one storey
Philippines houses, a racket on the roofs.
Once as kind of a feline experiment,
I hissed at one. Big mistake.
Every time he saw me after that,
His eyes glared, his teeth bared,
and he hissed at me, an enemy.
My conscious guilty for teasing that poor cat,
I began bringing him food.
Six meals later, friends at last.
Bob Boyd