Catwoman
A cat was stranded on the ledge
And she was very near the edge
I had to save her single-handed
On the ledge, a cat was stranded
This is how my story started
And how my human life was parted
Forgive my cat-like voice; meow…
My story started, this is how
They murdered me, I was drowned
But by that cat, I soon was found
The rushing flood was like the sea
I was drowned, they murdered me
Brought back to life, by that cat
And now I wear a different hat
I’m razor sharp just like a knife
By that cat, brought back to life
I now have powers like a cat
My murderers, I will combat
I prowl at night in early hours
Like a cat, I now have powers
Half cat half girl, that’s what I am
The criminals will surely scram
I'm Catwoman; my claws unfurl
That’s what I am, half cat half girl
Patience Phillips is a shy, timid woman working for a cosmetics company. One morning, she sees a cat outside her window. Thinking it is stuck, she climbs out onto a ledge to save it.
While delivering a new design to her boss, Patience overhears a plot to sell defective beauty products that initially make human skin look younger and prettier; if the product is not used over a long period of time, however, the skin begins to decay. Unfortunately she is spotted at the scene and attempts to flee into a set of water conduits. The pipes are flooded by her pursuers, and she is flushed into the open water and drowns.
After being murdered, she is brought back to life by the cat she saw earlier, because the cat was moved by the fact that she risked her own life for it. When she wakes up, she is transformed into Catwoman, a warrior with the force of a cat, who prowls the night in search of justice. Her behavior becomes cat-like, and she gains heightened reflexes, senses, and physical power.
Swap Quatrain :
Each stanza in the poem must be a quatrain (four lines) where the first line is reversed in the fourth line. In addition, line 2 must rhyme with line 1, and line 3 must rhyme with line 4 and so on, BUT not repeat the same rhyming pattern on subsequent stanzas.
Rhyming patterns: AABB, CCDD, or ABAB, CDCD and so on.
The Swap Quatrain was created by Lorraine M. Kanter.