[Newspoetry] Bats & Cats, Durango Style

[Mike Lehman]

Live rabid bat floating in swimming pool
Entire family – two adults and two children –
Handles the bat
Bat dies shortly after it was taken from the pool
Family reported that the bat
Had a spider web-like material on its body
"That may have been frothing saliva"
Says the animal control guy
In related animal control news
Cat stuck underground
Owner can hear the cat’s meows