TAFFY, the topaz-colored cat, Thinks now of this and now of that, But chiefly of his meals. Asparagus, and cream, and fish, Are objects of his Freudian wish; What you don't give, he steals. His gallant heart is strongly stirred By clink of plate or flight of bird, He has a plumy tail; At night he treads on stealthy pad As merry as Sir Galahad A-seeking of the Grail. His amiable amber eyes Are very friendly, very wise; Like Buddha, grave and fat, He sits, regardless of applause, And thinking, as he kneads his paws, What fun to be a cat! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN QUATRAIN: FATE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON TWO WITCHES: 1. THE WITCH OF COOS by ROBERT FROST WITH A COPY OF HERRICK by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE END OF THE EPISODE by THOMAS HARDY |