Once again our cat Zoe
has sprawled his persona
across the morning paper.
Being a large and hirsute beast,
His news coverage is absolute.
(and being a magnanimous feline soul,
Zoe often covers the bills as well) .

He looks so soft and quiet lying there,
but just try to sneak a jug of milk
from fridge to counter
without saucering a portion
for his Royal Grayness and you will
quickly learn who put the “me” in “Meow.”

So there he lies with his motor running
draped over the morning Sudoku,
chin extended to maximize delectation
of his servant's compliant stroking.

Ah Zoe, such trust and tranquility -
how perfectly soothing,
how irresistibly contagious!
The harmony of the universe
clad in a mantel of gray and white.

May, 2008

Robert Charles Howard

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/contentment-21/