How do I love thee?
Let me count the claws.
As you doze in my lap
And tuck in your paws.


You stare at my face
And then you lick my nose.
Did you think I would forget
Where else your pink tongue goes?


You flop across my shoulder
When I'm asleep in bed.
And when comes the morning
You're sitting on my head.


You always find the litter box
When Mother Nature calls.
I wish you'd head for that
When yakking up hair balls.


But you're the sweetest cat,
I love you above all the others!
Just don't say I said that
To your sisters and your brothers!