Mr Joe the Therapy Cat

Generally concerned, but in particular, that

When a choice is offered of laptops

The troubled hoomans prefer to hold

The one that makes them frown and groan

And flail about and droop and drop. He wishes

They would simply do as they were told

And exercise their digits on his back and

Chin. One can see his patience is running 

Thin, in fact is almost gone. He would much

Prefer their laptops to the ones that

He is on.

The Fault In Our Cats

So today the cat fell out 
The kitchen window. All
I want to say about
This is, it wasn’t me. I
Didn’t do it. The fall
Doesn’t follow from the fact
That I opened it. Wide.
Or rather – wider. Why hide
The fact that a well cooked
Meal requires ventilation.
Needless to say that the family
That denies any facilitation
In the matter, needed no fervent
Invitation to the heaped platters.
I wish to also place on record
My last words to the lord
Of the manor (who flatters
Himself as innocent of the crime):
Shut the window, I clearly said
As he heaved over in his bed.
Or the cat, I swear to god,
Will fall out. He laughs now,
And thinks it’s funny to point out how
This is one down out of nine.
So I’m saying this for the last
Time: this is everyone’s fault
But mine.

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