CATNAP

Today I reached up for my hat

and there inside a happy cat

Was sleeping sound and making noise

to put to shame mere girls and boys

Now this is such a shame I said

I can't wear cat upon my head

I guess I needs must stay within

with this the cat woke with a grin

Started stretching as cats do

seeming to ponder, who are you?

Which seemed an insult don't you see

that fat old cat belongs to me

 

When first I met this cute feline

yes this old lad who now is mine

He was a little furry ball

he was not hardly there at all

But in a little while with care

I knew that he was really there

I had myself a whole big cat

and a new big world to share

 

And so we live in a nice big house

I do the work he dreams of mouse

we get along as real friends should

Sometimes we're bad, more often good

I treat him with the best of care

He showers me with used cat hair

He treats me with a sort of love

And keeps me in a happy mood

Protects me from the raging mouse

As brave he is as Robin Hood

And so it is and this and that

I'm going to let him keep my hat.

 

Frank Paylor

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

July 13, 1998

 

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