CAT to DOG
Filthy;
Reeking, barking, imbecile of fuzz and paw;
Cease in such infernal racket,
I command you!
For your efforts so duly put forth
Are in vain;
One as wise as I knows,
For what don't cats know?
That though you growl and flash your serried maw,
Your reflection shall not flee,
But do by you as you do by it.
-Elisabeth Spalding