There was a cat her name was PATCH- IN the old castle the mice she'd catch She'd hide behind the old stone wall- Then pounce upon them one and all- She was shrewed and she was fast- Upon the walls her shadow she'd cast- The mice would run -they would hide- While PATCH would take it all in stride- Sometimes the mice would win or lose- The fattest ones PATCH would choose- She ate them with great delight- While some looked on in total fright- Now PATCH is old and slow and such- Pays not attention to the mice so much- The castle now is cold and bare- For PATCH is no longer there- The mice still run and play- about-''Good No More Cat'' They Shout-
I created this poem just before my cat PATCHES died of cancer.