Herbert Nehrlich Cat Poems

An alley cat with scruffy hair
got into the old pigeon house.
And all it wanted was its share
of pigeon meat, because a mouse
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Once there was a little bitty,
Persian cat named Nittigritty,
did not hunt for mice or rats
yawned when faced with flying bats,
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A magpie, on the prowl since noon
had spotted a well-pimpled hoon.
The hoon burned rubber on the street
no cop was seen to walk his beat.
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When the storm came
and the lights went out,
my cat left.
Never to return.
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