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An Ode to Cats MAG
A cat sits on a window ledge
It watches the landscape attentively
Until someone walks past
Its ears lie flat on its head
It turns around and
Stares at the person, saying
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
Why have you distracted me?
The cat tries to look dignified, but
Fails as you pull out a piece of string
It falls off the ledge and, embarrassed,
Runs off to sulk
Later it emerges from its hiding place
(The laundry basket)
And returns to its perch,
Once more the regal ruler of all it surveys
(In its own head)
Until you dangle a piece of string
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