IGNORERS
CATS ARE THE BEST IGNORERS IN THE WORLD
STARING AWAY FROM YOU WITH TAILS UNFURLED
IF YOU KISS THEIR NOSE THEY CURL THEIR TOES
AND SHUT THEIR EYES AND STRIKE A POSE
CATS ARE THE BEST IGNORERS IN THE WORLD
TRY AS YOU MIGHT FOR EYE TO EYE
THEY BLINK AND YAWN AND STRETCH AND SIGH
THEN WALK AWAY TO LAY IN THE SUN
CATS ARE THE BEST IGNORERS IN THE WORLD
WHEN YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE AND ARE ABOUT TO GO
THEY SAUNTER ON BY EVER SO SLOW
WHY OH WHY DO WE LOVE THEM SO?
CATS ARE THE BEST IGNORERS IN THE WORLD
THEY WILL NUZZLE AND KNEAD AND PURR SO SWEET
BUT THEY NEVER LOOK UP WHEN THEY ARE AT YOUR FEET
CATS ARE THE BEST IGNORERS IN THE WORLD
C.K.R.
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