save keyboard klackety-kiss
no creature was stirring
ah sweet peaceful bliss
then thump-whump tippy tap
pitter kitty -pat-pats
meorowy serenade
of two hungry little cats
litany opens with
ritual dinner dance
summoning the food gods
in tandem ceremonial prance
paw two three four swish
up two three four bump
minor fall with major lift
the arabesque counter jump
gratuitous reminder nips
and clawing of the knees
less of the Grand Guignol
dear brutes if you please
irritable "it's only half past"
and you cant' be hungry yet
if I feed you early
that is all that you get
oh, very well, have at it
in life three things abide
death, cats and taxes
from them you cannot hide
slippered shuffle scuffle
reek-reek tin opener with curses
slop slup-glupped into dishes
and back again to verses
sounds of tucking in
to their stinky fish feasts
post-prandial bath noises
of two furry black beasts
and the final circle and knead
as they tenderizes their beds
then twin engine snoring
as they rest weary heads
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