>A Purrfect Creation
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>When God created kitty cats,
>He had no recipe;
>He knew He wanted something sweet,
>As sweet as sweet could be.
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>He started out with sugar,
>Adding just a trace of spice;
>Then stirred in drops of morning dew,
>To keep them fresh and nice.
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>He thought cats should be soft to pet,
>Thus he gave them coats of fur;
>So they could show they were content,
>He taught them how to purr.
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>He made for them long tails to wave,
>While strutting down the walk;
>Then trained them in meow-ology,
>So they could do cat-talk.
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>He made them into acrobats,
>And gave them grace and poise;
>Their wide-eyed curiosity,
>He took from little boys.
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>He put whiskers on their faces,
>Gave them tiny ears for caps;
>Then shaped their little bodies,
>To snugly fit on laps.
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>He gave them eyes as big as saucers,
>To look into man's soul;
>Then set a tolerance for mankind,
>As their purpose and their goal.
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>Benevolent ... and ... Generous,
>He made so many of them;
>Then charged, with fatherly concern,
>The human race to love them.
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>When one jumped up upon His lap,
>God gently stroked its head;
>The cat gave Him a kitty kiss,
>"What wondrous love," God said.
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>God smiled at His accomplishment,
>So pleased with His creation;
>And said, with pride, as He sat back,
>"At last. . .I've reached purr-fection!"
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>by Virginia Ellis