The cat and I stare at the room <br />No-name the cat, the cat and I, <br />She stares at me, I at the gloom <br />The house lies still as a vaulted tomb. <br /> <br />She sits and waits, No-name the cat, <br />Sits and waits for a sign from me <br />But I in the corner chair am sat <br />And make no sign for No-name the cat. <br /> <br />We’re all alone, alone are we <br />No-name the cat, the cat and I <br />Only the two, No-name and me <br />Yet once in the past we numbered three. <br /> <br />Now on the floor, between us two <br />No-name the cat, and me, lies you. <br />Your eyes are staring, your cheek is slack, <br />Your tongue’s thrust out and your face is blue. <br /> <br />The cat and I stare at the room <br />No-name the cat, the cat and I, <br />She stares at me, I at the gloom <br />The house lies still as a vaulted tomb. <br /> <br />30 June 1999<br /><br />David Lewis Paget<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-name-the-cat/
