Adversity by Grant Harbison

Here kitty kitty

Come here my baby and get a little bitty

One spoonful for you and one spoonful for me

Without your precious love I don’t know where I would be

Half a tin should suffice

Do you like that my angel?

Is that nice?

I’m afraid that it doesn’t taste nice to me

But just to hear you purr fills me with glee

You’ve been such a good companion since I lost my Stan

I miss him a lot

He was a really good man

I miss his laughter

I miss his touch

It’s been hard since he died

He never left much

But let us not worry

Let us not despair

For you and I are a wonderful pair

And tomorrow when the measly pension comes

I’ll put some aside for something nice for our tums