'What's New Pussycat?'
I am bringing this forward (originally posted January 1, 2020). My niece wrote a wonderful poem (below) to accompany the photograph that I wanted to share.
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'I am Sorry You Have a Cat'
I am sorry you have a cat.
Why not get a gnat, or flitting, flying bat?
How wonderful is a billy goat
And with such a pet you would surely gloat!
You know, having a rabbit
Could become a habit.
Having a bird
Wouldn't be absurd.
Couldn't you love a llama
If it was from Alabama?
Would you keep a ferret
If you couldn't have a parrot?
Nothing is happier than a flying albatross
But a walking one would be very cross.
You won’t find a lizard
In the middle of a blizzard.
A hippopotamus on a bus
Couldn’t get off without a fuss.
I’ve never heard a shrew
Recite haiku.
Keeping sheep
Would be very cheap.
If you grew a plant,
It could house an ant!
I am sure if you had a pet rock,
You’d find more personality in a clock,
At least you wouldn’t have to feed it,
Or maybe find you just didn’t need it.
A hamster might be better than a beaver
As a pet but not as an achiever.
I don’t think you would want a shark
Besides, I have never seen one at a park.
Befriending a scorpion might be wrong
And having an anaconda would be way too long.
If you corralled an antelope,
You could feed it cantaloupe!
How about a nice, hoppy wallaby
To whom you could sing a lullaby?
Don't you think a lumpy camel
Is a really fine mammal?
I think if you tried to play catch with a crab
It would turn out to be rather drab.
If you owned a giraffe
You could only feed half!
Ever been told some Gnu
Would make a fine stew?
No one would think an armadillo
Would smoke a cigarillo.
If you tried to keep a whale
In your bathtub, you would fail!
If you tried to walk a crocodile
It would surely take a while.
But I wouldn’t want to find a snake
In my chocolate cake!
If you housed a long centipede
You’d have to count the shoes it’d need.
Go and watch the pelican,
Who eats faster than your belly can!
Now, in all shapes and sizes comes a dog,
That’s way better than some frog!
Who wouldn’t prefer a cuddly puppy
Over some wet guppy?
You could connect a Dalmatian’s dots,
But never, never change a leopard’s spots.
How much more fun is a hound
Over any feline I’ve ever found!
So, who told you that a cat
Is where it's at?
What about that horrid litter box
Smelling worse than Daddy’s socks?
What’s fun about a hairball?
Whom does it enthrall?
Don't begin to think a platypus
Is really any sort of puss,
For only a cat can be a kitty
And someone might call that a pity.
Though I must admit a little cat’s purr
Comforts me as much it does her.
C.Hill
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- Loures, Portugal -
'What's New Pussycat?'
I am bringing this forward (originally posted January 1, 2020). My niece wrote a wonderful poem (below) to accompany the photograph that I wanted to share.
_________________________
'I am Sorry You Have a Cat'
I am sorry you have a cat.
Why not get a gnat, or flitting, flying bat?
How wonderful is a billy goat
And with such a pet you would surely gloat!
You know, having a rabbit
Could become a habit.
Having a bird
Wouldn't be absurd.
Couldn't you love a llama
If it was from Alabama?
Would you keep a ferret
If you couldn't have a parrot?
Nothing is happier than a flying albatross
But a walking one would be very cross.
You won’t find a lizard
In the middle of a blizzard.
A hippopotamus on a bus
Couldn’t get off without a fuss.
I’ve never heard a shrew
Recite haiku.
Keeping sheep
Would be very cheap.
If you grew a plant,
It could house an ant!
I am sure if you had a pet rock,
You’d find more personality in a clock,
At least you wouldn’t have to feed it,
Or maybe find you just didn’t need it.
A hamster might be better than a beaver
As a pet but not as an achiever.
I don’t think you would want a shark
Besides, I have never seen one at a park.
Befriending a scorpion might be wrong
And having an anaconda would be way too long.
If you corralled an antelope,
You could feed it cantaloupe!
How about a nice, hoppy wallaby
To whom you could sing a lullaby?
Don't you think a lumpy camel
Is a really fine mammal?
I think if you tried to play catch with a crab
It would turn out to be rather drab.
If you owned a giraffe
You could only feed half!
Ever been told some Gnu
Would make a fine stew?
No one would think an armadillo
Would smoke a cigarillo.
If you tried to keep a whale
In your bathtub, you would fail!
If you tried to walk a crocodile
It would surely take a while.
But I wouldn’t want to find a snake
In my chocolate cake!
If you housed a long centipede
You’d have to count the shoes it’d need.
Go and watch the pelican,
Who eats faster than your belly can!
Now, in all shapes and sizes comes a dog,
That’s way better than some frog!
Who wouldn’t prefer a cuddly puppy
Over some wet guppy?
You could connect a Dalmatian’s dots,
But never, never change a leopard’s spots.
How much more fun is a hound
Over any feline I’ve ever found!
So, who told you that a cat
Is where it's at?
What about that horrid litter box
Smelling worse than Daddy’s socks?
What’s fun about a hairball?
Whom does it enthrall?
Don't begin to think a platypus
Is really any sort of puss,
For only a cat can be a kitty
And someone might call that a pity.
Though I must admit a little cat’s purr
Comforts me as much it does her.
C.Hill
***************
- Loures, Portugal -