Nine lives removed from royal dignity

Five days after

getting acquainted with darling cats

pampered like queens courtesy

thee eldest daughter
and her partner acquired as kittens

reminiscence occurred regarding

one particular four footed feline

my late mother doted over.

Lion eyes hide predatory wage

sharp retractable sharp claw

never did the late Sage

exhibit talon nor ferocious jaw

even when getting his nails clipped,

said gentle cat infrequently

sunk daggers into soft human skin,

but upon completion

of aforementioned onerous task,
he voicelessly, soundlessly, passively,

manly, joyfully did withdraw.

 

Aye attest tubby reincarnated
(as well mine eldest daughter's beau)

from one male Russian Blue
species Felis silvestris catus

named Morris if that gives
a handy dandy clue,

and during my fuzzy past

hence, asthma “Cats Cradle”

segued and Atlas

shrugged off kitten hood

fur hum lee established

type cats as (tin pan) alley cat,

a rather litter boxed gritty debut

t'wood become (later in life) tabby

quick as greased lightning

snatching in the air,

when tender vittles flew,
technically got fired (acquiring

appropriate nicknames)
as fame (like a bushy cat tail) grew
viz perfect back up crooner
for “Cat Stevens”,

or lead singer for

the "Stray Cats" oddly

coupled, featured, and

incorporated with the guru
Horton Hears A Hoo,

yes him Elephant resembling

a humongous mandrake

from the, "Animals"

whose body heat could

easily melt an igloo,
whereby Inuits accepted charity from

Korean philanthropists named Joo

(founders of Palaces for Pachyderms)

 

these lumbering creatures possessed

an exemplary photographic memory

(rivaling that of the amazing
deceased idiot savant

Kim Peek), he knew

practically every detail

incorporating page number, punctuation

plus citing word for word

never truncating, omitting,

nor jumbling... any lines,

and could track missing link,

when felines shared common ancestor

but,...such petty files

would most likely boar

and go way off course, and hence

will shy away being extempore

favoring a deliberate fore
ray padding around basically ignore
ring any rhyme or reason

suddenly ending this persiflage,

and thence to thee bon jour,

cuz yours truly off
in a huff to bang a lore.