If Cats Could Fly

 
If cats could fly up to the trees
and mingle with the honeybees
they’d have no need to use their claws
to climb, they’d keep them in their paws
but spread their wings instead, with glee.

The birds would watch their backs, you see
in case, from flying cats, to flee,
to stay away from those cat jaws,
if cats could fly.

Just think how odd that it would be
to see cats fly in groups of three,
while other cats gave them applause.
If I saw that, I’d think there was
no stranger sight, don’t you agree —
if cats could fly?

                                




november 2004