Ode to Spot:
Faithful Servent to the Wise Spiner
Felis Catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature.
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal oscillations
A singular development of cat communications,
That obviates your basic hedonistic prediliction
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents.
You would not be so agile, if you lacked it's counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
Oh Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot,