Promptly 4, 5 and 6

Cat

Cat

Show me your stripes
and I can see your cat
you don’t have to gripe
to communicate that.

Leatherette armchairs
temptation to them
no matter your care
they’re shredded to hem.

Though kitten will flay you
so soft and so pretty
forgiveness is true
for your darling kitty.


Line count: 12
Rhymed abab
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 38 2024
Prompt: Stripes.