I saw him in the morning;
I was doing my crosswords then.
Folded the newspaper, and I set out to watch.

He had made his palace inside the turtle ivy kingdom .
Almost finished becoming a home;
Waiting for the last straw and peck.

I paid a visit to his abode the next day.
Having no host, I returned back,
And wondered where he might have gone.

I was strolling through the backyard when,
Something strange and morbid caught my eye.
My cat sat there, licking his paws, on top of a pile of feathers.