47. There’s a Cat for That

not just any | cat but

any cat | will do

any cat | can purr

any cat | can eat

but not just | any

cat | can be the cat

for thee | a cat

you see | must always

be | a cat who makes

you want to | be

any cat | that’s worth

its salt | will purr

you warm | inside yourself

any cat | you want

to have | will play

the game | of cat

for you | of being up

and being down | of

watching as | you be

 

a cat | need not

a mouse | to catch

it can but | sleep

and sometimes | scratch

it may recline | and

stretch | its paws

unsheathe | its claws

and cause | you pause

a cat | may scratch

your | furniture

(though | delight

in that | you may

not find) | a cat

may watch | for birds

to kill | so you

might keep | the cat

indoors | and save

the lives | of feathered

beings | and leave

the living | living still

 

the cat | may

entertain | your guests

by hunting | hard

in search | of pests

the cat | may peer

at you | so hard

that you | believe

the cat | can read

the hidden | recess

of your | thoughts

the cat | may peek

from under | beds

to show | the way

it watches | pray

the cat | may search

th’entire | day

just to find | there’s

nothing | there

the cat | must be

and be | for you