There was a cat that I once knew, many moons ago
A neighbour's cat, a wicked beast, and yet I loved him so.
'Terrible Titus' was his name, and one that he deserved
Brazen bold and arrogant, He made me quite unnerved.
When I'd come home late at night, In the cypress tree he'd hide,
And box my ears as I walked past, and make me shake with fright.
My ankles he would love to nip, as I worked in the garden,
He'd stare at me with yellow eyes and never beg my pardon.
Loud rumbles from his tum would come, sometimes when he saw me,
But "Don't get close" he'd also say, and if I did he'd claw me.
One day he almost did his dash, for on my head, he peed,
Thru the netting on the bush-house roof, as I worked down on my knees.
He taught me many things that cat, as my company he kept,
And when one day he came no more, the strange thing is, I wept!
Tho he's long gone I still miss him, and with a heart full of regret,
One of the lessons that I learned, was to always forgive and forget.
Denise Horchner
A neighbour's cat, a wicked beast, and yet I loved him so.
'Terrible Titus' was his name, and one that he deserved
Brazen bold and arrogant, He made me quite unnerved.
When I'd come home late at night, In the cypress tree he'd hide,
And box my ears as I walked past, and make me shake with fright.
My ankles he would love to nip, as I worked in the garden,
He'd stare at me with yellow eyes and never beg my pardon.
Loud rumbles from his tum would come, sometimes when he saw me,
But "Don't get close" he'd also say, and if I did he'd claw me.
One day he almost did his dash, for on my head, he peed,
Thru the netting on the bush-house roof, as I worked down on my knees.
He taught me many things that cat, as my company he kept,
And when one day he came no more, the strange thing is, I wept!
Tho he's long gone I still miss him, and with a heart full of regret,
One of the lessons that I learned, was to always forgive and forget.
Denise Horchner
