Feline Poetry - On Cat-Proofing

ON CAT-PROOFING

Like God keeps His eye upon the sparrow, I keep my eye upon the cat, For unlike the little sparrow, I'm not sure just where she's at.

She knows the couch is out of bounds, Yet invariably she goes there, She ignores the yellow warning tape, I've wound around it, in despair.

I know she likes electric cords, She pulls them from the wall, I've told her fifty million times, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED AT ALL!

The wires are rewired now, To shriek like fire sirens, If she so much as puts a paw Anywhere near their environs.

She treats the kitchen counter, As a fun place on which to glide, Though it's purposely lubricated To make her slip and slide.

When I booby-trapped the cupboards, I thought, "A-ha! I've stopped her now!" But fearlessly she enters, And does not blow up, somehow.

Some cat owners keep baskets Of balls of yarn upon the floor, My basket's filled with hand grenades, Which she bats around 'til she gets bored.

Alternate pencils on my desktop, On impact will explode, She always kicks the safe ones off, How ever does she know?

When I open up the door a crack, She manages to flee, It does no good to shut her in, I may as well give her the key.

There's nothing wrong with cat food, It's made special, just for cats, But she wants steak and baked potato, GET DOWN! GET OFF MY TABLEMAT!

Just once I'd like to wear a dress, Not accessorized with cat hair, But plastic bags do not protect, How does she get inside there?

I firmly speak; my voice is loud, Sometimes I fairly SHOUT! But, somehow her cat meows, Are loud enough to drown me out.

I tell her time and time again, CUT OUT THAT LOOKING CUTE! It would help so much when I yell at her, If she looked more like a brute.

Her attention span is not too long, Just long enough to drive me wild, I'm convinced she had some lessons, From a clever, spoiled child.

I have a knife. I have a gun, I can even wear disguise, But I am disarmed by her feline charm, When I meet her big cat eyes.

I doubt God's little sparrows, Give Him trouble quite like mine, But He can't hold them in His lap, Or hug them any time.

Oh, I suppose it is a tradeoff, And I do get some relief, Like when she's curled up on the couch Behind the yellow tape, asleep.

I think to master cat control, Is a fine, accomplished art, I've learned I can cat-proof my house, But I can't cat-proof my heart.

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