Jellicle Cats come out tonight, <br />Jellicle Cats come one come all: <br />The Jellicle Moon is shining bright-- <br />Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball. <br /> <br />Jellicle Cats are black and white, <br />Jellicle Cats are rather small; <br />Jellicle Cats are merry and bright, <br />And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul. <br />Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces, <br />Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes; <br />They like to practise their airs and graces <br />And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise. <br /> <br />Jellicle Cats develop slowly, <br />Jellicle Cats are not too big; <br />Jellicle Cats are roly-poly, <br />They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig. <br />Until the Jellicle Moon appears <br />They make their toilette and take their repose: <br />Jellicles wash behind their ears, <br />Jellicles dry between their toes. <br /> <br />Jellicle Cats are white and black, <br />Jellicle Cats are of moderate size; <br />Jellicles jump like a jumping-jack, <br />Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyes. <br />They're quiet enough in the morning hours, <br />They're quiet enough in the afternoon, <br />Reserving their terpsichorean powers <br />To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon. <br /> <br />Jellicle Cats are black and white, <br />Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small; <br />If it happens to be a stormy night <br />They will practise a caper or two in the hall. <br />If it happens the sun is shining bright <br />You would say they had nothing to do at all: <br />They are resting and saving themselves to be right <br />For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.<br /><br />Thomas Stearns Eliot<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-song-of-the-jellicles/
