Brand New Kitty Cat

What it's like to have a new kitten

I looked in the yard and what did I see?
A brand new kitty looking back at me!
She seemed so afraid, no mom to be found,
I brought her inside and showed her around.

White paws and a vest, her main color gray,
A queen in her robe, quite royal you'd say!
Names were all chosen, then narrowed to one,
We all liked "Fraidy", picked out by my son.

I bought her some toys, a new little bed,
A few cans of fish, and now she is fed.
She wanders around, her tail flying high,
Poking her claws in my wife's apple pie!

I sit in my chair and dangle a ball,
She jumps pretty high, does back flips and all!
She plays when she wants, ignores me at will,
Mostly she'll lay on the old window sill.

I tell her to listen, lay down the laws,
She'll give me a look, then sharpen her claws!
My chair is all shredded, what can I do?
I'll wait till she sleeps, sneak up and yell "Boo!"

Written by
S.S. Wieczorek