THE CAT LOVERS

THE CAT LOVERS

 

They’ve missed a feline sound

Since Tippie went into the ground…

At the edge of a field,

She revealed

To any who came around.

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Since soft fur dried their tears,

They’re beginning to count in years…

It’s hard to explain

Why they don’t obtain

Another to give them cheer.

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When they had the house, strays,

Would appear on occasional days…

They would take them in

And share within,

Whatever they had to raise.

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Renting an apartment they find

They’re in a different kind…

Where papers come first

Before hearts burst

With compassion for a feline.

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It doesn’t do good at all

That they are “behind the ball”…

Financially,

And really not free

To answer a stray cat’s call.

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They talk and talk and talk,

But he has to balk…

At adopting fur,

They’d be better were

They were balanced in their walk.

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If push comes to shove,

They could VOLUNTEER to love…

But she can’t get out

Easily and about,

It is so expensive to love!

 

–Jonathan Caswell