My old ginger cat
She’s not with us any more
A stray who came to stay
Wild, shy, distant cat
Prone to scratching, hissing, hiding
And days spent running away
For weeks the cat would disappear
We would wondered if we’d lost her
What you see with cats of course
Isn’t always what you get
Wild, shy, unfaithful cat
It turned out not at all
One day some local kids
Chased her right along the street
From that day on she stayed on in
A perfect little house cat
Sleeping, purring, loving
Who it turned out was quite deaf
