MY CAT MAY LOOK LIKE YOUR CAT
WITH KNOW-IT-ALL EYES LIKE YOURS
SPREADEAGLING ITSELF ON YOUR JUMPER
A PRELUDE TO SHARPENING ITS CLAWS 

MY CAT MAY LOOK LIKE YOUR CAT
WITH STICKY-OUT WHISKERS LIKE YOURS
AND THE KNACK OF SLIPPING OFF BRANCHES
TO LAND SAFELY EACH TIME ON ALL-PAWS

MY CAT MAY SOUND LIKE YOUR CAT
WITH A MEW REPRIMANDING LIKE YOURS
AFTER SCRATCHING THE ARMS OF THE SOFA
GOES BURROWING UNDER CLOSED DOORS

BUT AS A KITTEN MY CAT WAS ABANDONED
AN UNLOVED AND PITIFUL STRAY
BUT IT'S THANKS TO CATS PROTECTION
THAT MY CAT'S LIKE YOUR CAT TODAY.

By Roger McGough, Poet.   Written on the occasion of
Cats Protection's 75th Anniversay Celebration, May 2002


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             MISTY                                                                                                        HANNAH
                                                                                                                                  
                                   "SHEWARD"