I will buy you munchies and toys for your delight,
Of bird parts in gravy and fish parts to bite.
I will earn the money all for you and me.
While you sleep all day. While you eat for free.
I will scoop the litter in the laundry room.
Where it’s scattered on the floor, I’ll sweep it with a broom.
And you shall lick your paws, and groom your fur of white,
And barf up your hairballs in the dark of the night
And this shall be your duty whenever you are near,
The fine time to cuddle, the soft purr to hear!
Beside me late at night, beside me in the day,
Let the world spin, the hours slip away.
*Hat tip to Robert Louis Stevenson
