The Cat Chant
Sung by three cats as a round
Entertain me
Cause I’m a cat
Entertain me
Not like that
Entertain me
With a toy
Entertain me
That was just a ploy
Entertain me
With a song
Entertain me
That one is wrong
Entertain me
Let me out
Entertain me
Just not now
Entertain me
Scratch my head
Entertain me
Touch me now and you’ll be dead
Entertain me
Give me food
Entertain me
I’m not in the mood
Entertain me
Because I’m bored
Entertain me
My life is such a chore
Entertain me
Cause I’m a cat
Entertain me
Not like that
Charges
Charge the morning
Charge the night
Charge the day
Charge the light
Charge the phone
And the car as well
Charge it all
On the way to hell
Charge your buys
At the stores
Charge your donations
To the poor
Charge the present
With some crimes
Charge the past
With guilty signs
Charge the government
And politicians, too
Charge me
And I’ll charge you
Lost: Time
I looked in the closet
Under the bed
And in the clothes basket
And couldn’t find the time
Maybe I’d left it in the living room
Or in the car when I was out the other day
Doing errands, like buying food
It could have fallen out of my pocket
While I was walking
Or taking a nap
So I’d better check the sofa cushions
I retraced my steps
But the time didn’t turn up
I challenged my brain to remember
If I’d loaned it to someone
Or maybe gave it away to the Goodwill
While Marie Kondoing my life
After a while
I tried reading a book
Thinking that maybe by not doing something
And freeing my brain from that weighty effort
Of finding the time
I’ll remember what I did with the time
Because I just can’t find the time.
Michael Seidel, writer 