One fine day, I glanced up to the sky
And saw a leopard shooting by
I thought that occurance rather strange
That big cat must be quite deranged
To think that he could take to wing
And have no one notice anything
I decided I have to follow him
If nothing else, to find out where he’s been
I lifted up into the clouds
(I did not want to draw a crowd)
The secret to flying is known to few
Otherwise, you’d do it too
Throw yourself to the ground like this
The tricky part is, you have to miss
Throw yourself down
Forget to hit ground
You’ll find yourself wafting thru the air
But you do have to exhibit care
Not to think it odd at all
(A mile is a long long way to fall)
When you want to land, don’t try to think
Just let yourself begin to sink
Pretty soon, you’ll be on land
Once again to have to stand
Flying is a lot of fun
A very good way to get things done
Like finding that leopard, I haven’t yet
He may be playing he’s a jumbo jet
If that’s the case, it could be hard
To catch that silly flying leopard
I wonder if he just missed his prey
Or if he’d been training for this day
I can’t imagine what school him would teach
Or a payment plan within his reach
I know you must think it funny
For a jungle cat to have some money
Usually, they don’t carry cash
They keep stocks and bonds in a handy stash
But, very little interest do they earn
Beacause the stupid beasts refuse to learn
That even a one year CD has a higher yield
Than hiding securities in a field
All over the sky, this cat I sought
Until I had that disconcerting thought
If i caught him and put him in a cage
He would go into a fit of rage
A leopard puts up quite a fight
Slashing everything in sight
Maybe I’ll just let it rest
That probably would be best
It really has been quite a day
Since I downed that bottle of Chardonnet
----an original poem by NoClueBoy----
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