First there Mimi she was like fine lace,
Nothing compared to her beauty and grace.
Her eyes were so blue, her fur was so white,
at times she got angry, I held her so tight.

Then I got Shadow so tiny and sweet
He was shinny and black and all night he would sleep
But he grew and he grew and got more like a Panther
I wanted a kitty, this is not what I was after.

I laid eye on this cat that I saw in the store,
And I said to myself "what heck is one more"?
She was sad, she was sick and I knew there was danger,
for the others can get whatever came with this stranger.

Opie my friends, was a love child of Sniffles
Who never let on she was so hot and fickle
She said, this is my baby, and a good Mom I'll be
So now I have 4, when I only wanted three.

The phone rang it was sister with news from a far,
Believe it or not, this cat leaped from a car
He was covered in oil, I just gave him a bath.
But I can't keep him here, so now you do the math!

My poem is done not much I can do,
I loved all my cats and still have two
Shadow and Mimi had a long and good life,
if I could do it over I would not think twice.
Sniffles is with me, out lived everyone
and when she is gone, I'll still have her son