NaPoWriMo #9
No. 9.: More Than Cute "Mittens," "Biscuit," "Muffin," you call Since we, as carnivores, are small We suffer through To trick and woo You gormless, stumbling apes; Just go back to the 500s BCE And hail our greatest victory Yet no one knows And so it goes That we dominated warscapes. Psametik III versus Cambyses II Clashing Egypt and Persia, who In secret Used out Bastet - Our mother goddess - to win; Knowing we were worshipped, they Threw cats on front lines straight away As sacred beasts The attack ceased The Egyptians wouldn't do us in. Though we did share the victory With a larger worshipped menagerie To us, the claim Falls all the same Cats won the Persians a war; In modernity, we are snug But like black spots on a ladybug History revives Out battle cries Though cute, we mean much more.