Lullaby for the Cat
by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Minnow go to sleep and dream,
Close your great big eyes:
Round your bed Events prepare
The pleasentest surprise.
Darling Minnow, drop that frown,
Just cooperate.
Not a kitten shall be drowned
In the Marxist State.
Joy and Love will both be yours,
Minnow, don’t be glum.
Happy days are coming soon –
Sleep, and let them come . . .
love this post of the reading cat
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