I love cats, you know I do,
They’re smart. And entertaining, too,
Sometimes, they just don’t think things through,
Or fail when trying to construe,
Wind up in something of a stew,
And give you something fun to view…
To drapes and screens, they stick like glue,
Have inconvenient timing, true,
Mess up the portrait you just drew,
Or bid your brand new rug adieu,
Your hugs and kisses they eschew,
Until the times when they
want to,
Beneath your window, half-past two,
Loving, fighting right on cue,
Until you’d like to throw a shoe,
And think you’d rather have a gnu,
But I think you would be so blue,
If you didn’t have your ‘ballyhoo’,
You’d have to find a new way to
Be entertained by something new,
So, here’s to cats, I’ve known a few,
I love their ways and their miscues,
Love watching antics on ‘YouTube’,
But one more thing and then I’m through…
Love most that they belong to you!
Today's a challenge--po-et-ry,
We're having fun, my friends and me,
And you get rhyming all for free!
Now you've read mine, so go and see
The others. I know you'll agree,
They've everything a poem should be!
HA! All through that poem I had a thought in my head and then I got to the last line and saw that you'd read my mind!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds, Karen. Great minds. ;)
DeleteEven as a person who has been owned by cats for decades I am smiling here.
ReplyDeleteSo glad! I love other people's cats! ;)
DeleteOk. the gnu. I can never resist a poem with a gnu in it.
ReplyDeleteRight? What is it about gnus?
DeleteLove this so much. Had to share.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laurie! You've made my day!
DeleteHeeheehee! Yep, owned by cats here and the ones i have are enough.
ReplyDeleteI love your cats, Mimi!
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