A Cat With No Name



She came to me a stray and wild

     A furry thing  to tame

She was to be as if my child

     But did not have a name



Soft as down & solid gray

     She was a little meek

She hid from everything by day

     she mastered "Hide & Seek"



Responding well to "Hey you, cat!"

     What else did I need

I need not even call her that

     To summon her to feed



Then came the time for me to take

     This furball to the vet

I hear them now "For goodness sake"

     "No name for her as yet?"



So names I tried and then rejected

     Nothing seemed quite right

Before too long I felt dejected

     And could not sleep at night.



She's just a silly cat, you know

     And never would show shame

But people will not let me go

     'Till I give her a name.
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