Out in the west Texas hamlet of Midland,
I fell in love with a pair of black cats.
First came young Willow named for the tree weeping
Then sister Windi from the desert flats.
Willow was hobbled by a back leg broken,
Barely a pound of black desert cat she.
Meowmy and Paw got her fixed up so healthy,
Though always limping and stiff she will be.
Miraculous her existance at all,
How did she get 'neath that tree-eeee-eee-eee-eee?
Still, she is healthy
And playful and stealthy,
With her sister Windi
Whom she taught to play.
So now I turn
Back to a tale of a feral black Mommy
Scatching her sustenance from desert sand.
Never a housebound cat will be this spitfire,
But for her baby, something else was planned.
For that wise momcat, she knew that the desert
Was full of danger and no place to raise
A sweet, adorable, loving young kitten.
With the predators, short would be her days.
The neighbor's voice rang out in the night,
Saying "Hey, you've got to see-eeee-eee-eee-eee
This sweet young kitten!"
And instantly smitten
Were Willow's Meowmy and Paw,
And so they
Adopted this lush of a half-grown baby,
They named her "Windi" for the howling night.
Now in the west Texas hamlet of Midland,
Willow and Windi were reunited.
Willow had somewhat forgotten her sister,
But sibling bonds were soon reignited.
Windi had heretofore learned to be feral.
Play was a luxury she did not own.
Willow soon rectified that situation,
Now neither kitty must e'er be alone.
Sometimes Meowmy and Paw must be off,
On a trip so far a-way-ayy-ayy-ayy-ayy.
But soon they come back,
Needing a laugh track,
Which Willow and Windi provide.
And now we're
Leaving this west Texas hamlet of Midland,
For my tale here of these sisters is done.
The lesson here that we take upon parting,
Is that cat fun only begins with one.
Bringing in sister, or brother, or other,
Only increases exponentially
The amount of fun, frolic, and chaos
If not immediately, eventually.
(Inspired by Marty Robbins' "El Paso")
