MY SWEET BRIEF BRUSH WITH FAME!

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NEW PROMPT: Write a short story or poem about a private detective following a subject, only to find out the person he's following isn't human.

MY SWEET BRIEF BRUSH WITH FAME!

I needed a job badly, because I was so broke!
I was a young detective, I was looking for a bloke,

I was following discretely, or so I really thought!
I sneaked up on him briskly: it was a KITTEN I had caught!

I thought my prey was human; she really fool'ed me well!
I followed her by sound, not sight--she had me in her spell!

She made a loud high screeching sound, as though she'd been harpooned!
I knew my new job now was unprofessionally doomed!

"She's not just ANY old kitten, I loudly lamented!
I'd know that sweet face anywhere--it's Miss Kitty, I said!!

I took her right home with me and we had our tuna fish.
I promised her I wouldn't tell; I granted her that wish!

She left my house the next day; she didn't know my name!
And so, I can't brag much about my sweet, brief brush with fame!