Paw Dream Mazes

Tigurrrs of Space

A cat’s front paw rested on a human’s arm

and intended to do no severe harm;

the person was sleeping and began to dream

about scratching giant claws extreme.

The claws belonged to flying tigurrrs from space

with expressions on each animal’s face

that made the creatures look like angels sweet,

except when they wanted more space to compete.

They all always wanted some added space

and hated being close to another’s face;

even on their ship, they wanted more space

and drew lines to keep each tigurrr in its place.

Unique rooms for the tigurrrs in their space---ship

gave each one a tiny space for the trip

with tigurrr-chosen items inside each wall

to make sleeping and relaxing fun for all.

Most beds were strong with wood; some had added straw.

The beds were for sleep and for scratching each paw.

Some toys were the same in their noises and forms;

others were diverse or on different platforms.

At least one wooden branch was in each room

for playing, scratching, and rubbing to groom;

some drone toys flew up high or ran on the floor

with swirling and twirling to be fun some more.

Max and Lily had next-door rooms that were new;

a larger room had been split to make two.

Max had more space and his gain was Lily’s loss;

Max was the brother of the space---ship’s boss.

That night when Max passed near Lily’s open door,

she hissed at him, but backed away from his roar

that claimed all space in the hallway was his own

and was important for his feline throne.

Lily’s open door closed very slowly

to avoid noises partly or wholly

from the space that was supposed to be for all

to use while moving among rooms in the hall.

Max roared some more while walking in the hallway

and passing many tigurrrs that had to stay

out of the hall to let Max use the space

for his own trip to walk to his brother’s place.

As the other tigurrrs moved out of the hall,

they each lost time to give Max some space small;

the time and space connection in a space---ship

were a part of their physical space trip.

When Max arrived at his brother’s large room,

they both together did a great lunch consume

while staring at screens with tigurrrs to view

and chuffling about other tigurrrs they knew.

With stripes, claws, and fur like tigers from Earth,

the tigurrrs had wings for flights to un-Earth

and fly some alluring animals away

to new places on a spatial pathway.

The alien tigurrrs soon finished their trip

and were closing in on Earth in their space---ship

that had claws instead of wheels, so it could stand

steady on any surface when time to land.

Wires exited the metal near the ship’s front

like whiskers as radar for a battlefront,

so a shield could be raised to fight off a storm

away from the ship’s metallic feline form.

The space---ship landed on a beach’s sand;

the tigurrrs with wings talked of what they had planned

by using the language of people and cats

while staring out the windows at many rats.

The tigurrr in charge said, “Those rats look so great,

but we all just need to watch, prepare, and wait

until we’re sure we’re safe enough in this spot

to fly outside, drink water, and eat a lot.

We’ll then find new animals to meet and greet

while growling for some tasty rats to eat.”

Others said “yes” by moving their tails around

and softly waving their wings up and down.

The tigurrrs’ boss looked at a computer screen,

moved his head and said, “We need to be clean,

so the cleaning tigurrrs can do their jobs now;

we’ll then see if the outside is safe somehow.”

The tigurrrs who did the cleaning for their ship

collected trash and went outside on a trip

to bury the trash in the cold, wet sand

because their boss had given them a command.

No problems happened for the cleaning crew

while they talked about soon going to the zoo

and interacting with animals on Earth

while trying to find some info to unearth.

When the cleaning crew came back inside the ship,

the tigurrrs were all joyful about their trip;

the tigurrr in charge then said a few could go

outside the ship to capture some rats to throw

into a bin for present and future food,

so the tigurrrs would be in a happy mood.

A group of tigurrrs used their wings to fly

outside and around the ship’s space to try

and find some good food for their trip back home;

they landed on the ground and began to roam.

Each tigurrr’s stripes created a unique maze

to hide itself from others that could gaze

at the tigurrr’s claws as they scraped around,

but the rats all ran into holes in the ground.

Some noisy cars drove near the space---ship’s spot;

sirens scared the alien tigurrrs a lot,

so they all went inside their space---ship’s space

with a shield hiding their invisible place.

When military planes circled overhead,

they added to the alien tigurrrs’ dread;

the tigurrrs all tried to not make any sound

while preparing their ship as a battleground.

Weapons were readied in the tigurrrs’ ship

standing invisible on a sandy strip

near a lake with rats and bugs running around,

instead of through, the ship’s spot on the ground.

The humans all knew the ship was from space;

they also knew of the ship’s current place

after being told by radar tracking

and seeing the sand shifting down and cracking.

When humans spoke via speakers from their plane,

the tigurrrs thought the humans were inhumane

and threatening all the visitors from space

for landing in their current sandy place.