Cat Scat
By Yolanda Wisher (’99-’01)

cat scat cat scat
ba dat ba dat
you say ba dat
ain’t love
ba dat ain’t love
the way you
look at cat
scat dat be dat
infatuation
ba dat ain’t love
dat ain’t
satisfaction
dat be dat rap
rapture
dat sappy do dat
it ain’t love
if cat don’t slap
dat be dat in fat
can’t be love if
you ain’t cat’s
door mat
cat scat ba dat
ain’t love if
cat a street rat
be dat fat pockets
cat be dat
hustling cat
be dat cat wit
permanent plaits
no dax
dat bad cat dance
wit death git in
quick spats
war gash on his
back be dat cat
scat wit rap to
snap yo back and
daughter
dat cat too black
too much attitude
dat cat like to slack
cat scat lyrics
cat keep you fat
like dat like dad
like daddy
but mama
no flack
he be dat rat a tat
tat on my window
he got me doin
mathematics
be dat dap tap
dancing slick cat
taps on my window
on bare bare black
you got me
cat wit
permanent plaits

Copyright © Yolanda Wisher. All rights reserved. Used with permission of the author.

Poet, singer, and cellist Yolanda Wisher lives in Philadelphia where she vocalizes with the band When Malindy Sings and teaches high school at Germantown Friends School. In 1999 she was named the first poet laureate of Montgomery County, where she grew up. Her work has appeared Chain, Drumvoices Review, Fence, Meridians, Nocturnes, and Ploughshares.

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