Mort aux chats - Peter Porter

Mort Aux Chats

There will be no more cats.
Cats spread infection,
Cats pollute the air,
Cats consume seven times
their own weight in food a week,
Cats were worshipped in
decadent societies (Egypt
and Ancient Rome); the Greeks
had no use for cats. Cats
sit down to pee (our scientists
have proved it). The copulation
of cats is harrowing; they
are unbearably fond of the moon.
Perhaps they are all right in
their own country but their
traditions are alien to ours.
Cats smell, they can't help it,
you notice it going upstairs.
Cats watch too much television,
they can sleep through storms,
they stabbed us in the back
last time. There have never been
any great artists who were cats.
They don't deserve a capital C
except at the beginning of a sentence.
I blame my headaches and my
plants dying on cats.
Our district is full of them,
property values are falling.
When I dream of God I see
a Massacre of Cats. Why
should they insist on their own
language and religion, who
needs to purr to make his point?
Death to all cats! The Rule
of Dogs shall last a thousand years!

Peter Porter

Waar gaat het over?
De auteur van dit gedicht beschrijft de gewoontes en gebruiken van katten. Hij is erg negatief ten opzichte van het “kattenvolk”. Katten, klaagt de auteur, veroorzaken slechts problemen. Aan het eind van het gedicht laat hij merken dat hij integendeel tot de katten wel van honden gediend is.

Mening
Wij vinden dat de auteur op een creatieve manier zijn mening over dit onderwerp aankondigt.
De auteur komt nogal geobsedeerd over.