Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN HONOR OF TAFFY TOPAZ, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY


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First Line: Taffy, the topaz-colored cat
Last Line: What fun to be a cat!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Animals; Cats


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!





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