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  1. Nancy Willard

    Keep your whiskers crisp and clean.Do not let the mice grow lean.Do not let yourself grow fatLike a common kitchen cat.Have you set the kittens free?Do they sometimes ask for me?Is our catnip growing tall?Did you patch the garden wall?Clouds are gentle walls that hideGardens on the other side.Tell the tabby cats I takeAll my meals with William Blake,Lunch at noon tea at four,Served in splendor on the shoreAt the tinkling of a bell.Tell them I am sleeping well.Tell them I have come so far,Brought by Blake's celestial cat,Buffeted by wind and rain,I may not get home again.Take this message to my friends.Say the King of Catnip sendsTo the cat who winds his clocksA thousand sunsets in a box,To the cat who brings the iceThe shadows of a dozen mice{serve them with assorted dipsand eat them like potato chips},And to the cat who guards his doorA net for catching stars, and mor
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