NOT TODAY

JESSICA CAT IS AN UNUSUAL CAT

AMBIDEXTROUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT

SHE CAN SWAT AND SPIT, HISS AND SLAP

AND DO ALL KINDS OF OTHER CRAP

GROWL AND PURR AT THE VERY SAME TIME

AND NEVER GET CAUGHT AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME

EAT BUTTER OFF THE DISH ON THE COUNTER TOP

AND SWAT PEARLS OF WATER IN THE SINK AS THEY DROP

I THINK SHE HATES OUR BIG RED RETRIEVER

SHE SLAPS ITS NOSE TO MAKE IT A BELIEVER

A LEFT JAB, UPPERCUT AND DOUBLE RIGHT CROSS

LETS THAT DOG KNOW THAT SHE'S THE BOSS

YES JESSICA CAT IS VERY STRANGE

NEVER GETS BURNED ON TOP OF THE RANGE

SPENDS HALF OF HER LIFE IN THE PANTRY BY THE KITCHEN

ON TOP OF THE DRYER CRYING AND BITCHING

I'LL BET BY NOW IF SHE HAD HER WAY

SHE'D LOOK FOR ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY

BUT SLOWLY AND SURELY I THINK SHE'LL COME AROUND

AND LEARN TO TOLERATE OUR RETRIEVER HOUND

SHE'S GRADUALLY VENTURING OUT OF HER LAIR

TO FACE THE DOG AND STAND AND STARE

SENDING A WARNING IN A CURIOUS WAY

HISS, GROWL, SPIT AND PURR AS IF TO SAY

MAYBE TOMORROW I'LL LET YOU PLAY

......TOMORROW I SAID NOT TODAY!

C.K.R.

OCT 94