Cats Don't Bathe!

Poems for Children, Volume 1: Abaner, Al, Beagle and Brant
Tom A.B. Taylor - (c) 1995


Cats Don't Bathe


Cats don't bathe.
Why should they?
They don't play in the dirt.
They'd never have a dirty neck,
if they had to wear a shirt.
They'd simply not sit still,
for sitting for a soak -
That's why cats take showers -
they think bathtubs are a joke!

Tubs are fine for people,
and tubs are fine for dogs.
Bathtubs are swell,
as you know well,
for turtles, snakes and frogs.
But a cat would rather lick itself
'til its tongue was but a nub -
You may see one in a shower . . . but
NEVER in the tub!