Shadow Parable

The shadow cat went missing,
The second one to do that.
What is it with the shadows

Of words and stories and cats?
The golden cat lay sleeping
In a circle in the sun,

But the shadow was missing.
No one saw where it had gone,
And no one was too worried.

Shadows are for children’s tales,
And cats, usually, as well.
Why take this seriously?

The shadow cat had stolen
Its cat shadow from a word,
And now two cats were missing.