White Whiskers
Cats love milk, everyone knows it,
Even the cats know it’s true –
All of common culture shows it,
Cats just love the moo !
Since Aesop told the ancient Greeks,
The white has dyed the wool –
As ever since, our folklore speaks of it
By the saucers-full.
Except…they can’t digest it,
No, not even when it’s creamed –
They’re done with being breast-fed
Since their kitten-selves were weaned.
And yet, the tales are prominent
Throughout the milky West –
I guess we lactose-tolerants
Think good-old breast is best !
But blame for this situation
Is not ours alone, at that –
For this dangerous temptation
Is such catnip to a cat.
For moggies won’t learn the lesson,
As they glut with ev’ry lap,
Not knowing how they’re messing
With a lit’ral booby trap.
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