The cat sat on the mat

[Achebe]

The cat
sat
on the mat
where my guinea pig, Percy,
thought 'sabre toothed tiger'
and wheeked for mercy         I also wheeked for mercy after reading this prosaic padded sentence disguised as a poem.
as climbers on the Nordwand
beseech gods on the Eiger.
In the end unnecessary
for the clown
had sat down 
for a nap.

You nailed it! What more can be said? Just...you need to make me care about it.

How did you learn to write?
Let me guess - affirmative action!