Insanely Reigning Cats and Dogs and.....
by Nancy Ness

When she was three she said to me,
"I'll never move away.
I'll stay with you my whole life through..
Forever and a day."

But once a teen she didn't mean
Those words much any more,
So I, in jest, and mother's quest
Told her I'd lock the door.

She said, "If you don't let me do
The things that others get,
I'm moving back with my knapsack
And googols of my pets."

Now, animals were her whole world;
To Hollywood she went.
But glitz and fame were not her game
In zoos her time was spent.

With a degree in husbandry
She came home all grown up.
But then she said, "Mom, now instead,
I'm living with my pup..."

In love she fell but time would tell,
She would came home to me.
I saw her wend around the bend ~
Alas, what I did see!

Her baggage, and an entourage
Of animals in tow;
Two great big dogs, husky and dobe.
"Hello, Mom, we are home!"

Iguanas come with aquariums,
Three snakes, but two were dead..
Then seven cats ~ and "Several rats
For python food," she said.

With all her stuff, and pets enough
Her trampoline and zoo
Just to be sure, lest Mom need more,
She had Cassandra too.

So that is why, as time went by,
My solitude becked me.
She's moved out now, but not without
Fulfilling prophecy.