SIDE BY SIDE

Two cheetah cubs were nestled close,
Eyes looking left and right,
While almost bumping nose to nose,
Just side by side, polite...
Without the playful attitude
That they had shared before,
This was no time to be that rude,
More like the time to snore!

They really hadn't paced at all,
The sun was warm not hot,
No wonder that they chose to fall
And lounge there on the spot...
While humans worked the whole day long,
They sunbathed day by day,
Of course, to them, that wasn't wrong,
It simply was their way...

No future pension scheme to plan,
No tax paid year by year,
No house, no car, no caravan,
No clothes, it would appear!
Just side by side, like most cubs do,
With Mum and Dad nearby...
My word, I really envy you!
Good luck! Good day! Goodbye!


Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Side By Side'.


More Stephen Gayford poems here:
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