Abecedarian cat poem?

[lawrencemullen]

title: when your cat's run away 

Along the sidewalk we searched
Beatrice was her name
Cats would be just another thing for me to take care of
Donned my mother
Effectively ending my pleas
Fortunately the neighbor
Got one

He decided to name her Beatrice
Instead of locking her away
Jammed between reams of paper and out-dated books
Keeping her hidden
Let's let her roam the backyard, how's that sound?
Moving from patch of dandelions to cultivated tulips
Never sleeping too long
Only after school were we allowed to
Play with her

Quietly we still searched along the sidewalk
Resting a minute or two to see
Sinking along 
The treetops the sun
Underbelly up
Vanished
Waning into the moon
Xeroxed copies of Beatrice fell from the streetlight
You kids can go home, I'll keep looking, thank you
Zombie-like his brain only focused on her.

[laurenjacquish]

Finally Lawrence writes about cats!

[whoismisterjim]

There's a real nice extension of mood and voice going on within this form exercise for you, Lawrence.

[Brielle Kroner]

Yes, a cat poem! I love "underbelly up" because it's creative language, and I picture all that cute fluff basking in the sun

[chello]

cats and zombies it does not get any better!

[Kate Burnham]

Is it "donned" or "doffed?" Either way, is this the right word here? Of the two, I would say "doffed," because the mother is putting the kibosh on getting a cat... Can more people use these words though, because I like them.