Ah! Distinctly I remember
It was deep in COVID-ember
And the months had run together
So much faster than before
Eagerly I wished the morrow
Vainly I had sought to borrow
From the Glibs surcease of sorrow
Or at least from this night’s bore
For I’d seen all radiant streaming
And now Netflix was a chore
And Disney+ I did abhor

In there opened wide the shutter
And while I grappled it and sputtered
On my laptop stepped a lonely kitten
Jumping from the floor
Not a minute stopped or stayed he
Not a moment’s succor gave me
But squatted down upon my Space key
And horked a hairball on the 4
Blurped that upchuck purposefully
As he stared at me for sure
Then he told me: “Feed me more”

While I nodded, nearly napping
Suddenly there came a-tapping
Like four paws were softly trotting, trotting
‘Cross my tiled floor
“Thou hast eaten,” I now muttered
Sleep now please, it’s half past four”
Quoth the kitten: “Feed me more”

Regrettably, it started mewing ..
Nipping on my toes, and stewing
Pricking with its claws askewing
Faux desperation, nothing more…
Quoth the kitten: “Feed me more”

Angrily, I wheel’d a-roundrel
“Damned cat, thou dost art a scoundrel
I scarce can see the bottom of your food dish
‘Neath kibble galore”
Quoth the kitten: “Feed me more”

I thought I was the Big Kahuna
As he becried his tump’s lacuna
I opened up a can of tuna
Scooped it in a bowl, and set that
Down upon the gleaming floor
Done, he gazed at me — not hateful
But not really all that grateful
Waddled over, then set upon me
With a squeaky, plaintive roar
Quoth the kitten: “Feed me more.”