The cat growls

Inherent
In her jungle nature
The long-haired tortoise-shell cat
Sits by the front window
Growls at the van
Which has just pulled up
Across the street.
There are men
In the van.
Men
May come here.
Men
Are not to be trusted.
Now the cat
Sits
Halfway
Up
The stairs.
Growls.
She is still related
To those cats
In the jungle
She
Herself
Was rescued
In the woods
By a young woman.