Cat & I

There we sat Just me and the cat, Upon a bench overlooking the river Thames, The cat turned to me And said, I believe I see Some approaching cranes. To the cat with eyes Always looking rather wise, I smiled and replied thus, Is the crane afloat Aboard a wayward boat Or arriving atop a bus? The cat and I Both did sigh, For we had come to understand, Never could we see things quite the same Life as serious or life as game For she is a cat and I a man. So now on the bench she and I continue to sit Without expressing thoughts one bit, And thus it shall remain until one or the other does die, When arrives that lonely day So long pal will be the only words to say A simple understanding between intimate friends... the cat and I.