Two Tennis Tabbies Poem by Jim McGill

Since there is a Tennis Open being played now, I felt it was my poetic duty to write a poem about tennis. Once again, I have put a cat in my poem. In fact, there are two little kittens who miss their mother very much.


Two Tennis Tabbies

For the Tennis Open, which is held every year
I got tickets because this year it was quite near
I was to meet a lady friend for a tennis date
But, I saw two little kittens crying by the gate
"Oh my, my! You cute little kittens" said I
"What sorrow makes you want to cry? "

Both replied in severe distress
"The horror! One could never guess
Cat gut is sustainable and elastic
It is so much better than plastic
Now they have a ball in there
And they want to whack it
So they grabbed our mother—
And strung her in the racket! "