I’m reading “I Could Pee on This and other poems by Cats” Thought I’d share my favorites here:
THIS IS MY CHAIR
This is my chair
This is my couch
That is my bed
That is my bench
There is my chaise
There is my settee
Those are my footstools
Those are my rugs
Everywhere is my place to sleep
Perhaps you should just got a hotel room
FAMILY
Sometimes when I lie on your warm chest
And hear your every happy sigh
I gaze into your two kind eyes
And wonder, “Who is that?”
I LICK YOUR NOSE
I lick your nose
I lick your nose again
I drag my claws down your eyelids
Oh, you’re up? Feed me
WHO IS THAT ON YOUR LAP?
There’s another cat in the house
A cat I’ve never seen
A much YOUNGER cat
You seem to know her name
You accidentally called me by her name
Right in front of the lamp
And my friend the throw pillow
I’ve never been so humiliated
I may never love again
UNBRIDLED LOVE
I knead your chest with my sharp claws
To show you my affection
I bit your arm and don’t let go
To show you adoration
I walk across your throat at night
Because I want to say, “Hello!”
I leap from high upon your crotch
Because I miss you so
I trip you when you walk down the stairs
So you know I’m always near
I sit on your face and block all your air
So my absence you need not fear
I show my low in so many ways
My devotion runneth over
So I don’t know why when I approach
You duck and run for cover
And, I’m only half way through the book!
Gui