What happens to a dream denied?
I.
Can the Clowder cope with oscar retained?
Maybe he just dries up, like a smelly turd.
Or a talisman turns him to a rainbird,
And beats his wings back whence he came.
Après King oscar, le deluge reigns.
II.
I saw a turtle in Tuttle spill over the dam
And thought, Old Randolph knows the stakes.
Manhattan defenseless in oscar's wake.
Will fate's cruel cudgel leave us hexed?
I'm sure we'll learn the news via text.