Winter Thermo Cat

Late in the year as days grow short
As nights grow long and colder
A creeping shadow on my soul
Another year I’ve grown older

November’s gale chills the bone
December’s sky is gray
The summer sun now is spent
Winter comes to play

What heat may bring for remedy
Against the growing gloom
A tiny furry space heater
In a corner of the room

Soaking there in a sunbeam
Solar power technology that
Energizes this heat sink
This thermodynamic cat

The pockets of energy contained within
The fluffy insulation
To store the sun now visiting
Through morning’s short duration

Tuck the nose under a paw
Tidy as you please
For the stingy master of the house
Keeps a chill seventy degrees

And when the sun sinks towards the west
When no more light is found
My faithful feline furnace
Asks to come around

Whereupon my lap he settles
To seek what heat may be
For warmth that we may share
My winter cat and me