Ode to Kitty

In honor of the deceased, I thought "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" was an appropriate farewell.

It's long, so here's my favorite part:

In the middle of the night he is always fresh and bright;
Every now and then he has a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of Scotch while he's keeping on the watch,
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea.
You were fast asleep at Crewe and so you never knew
That he walking up and down the station;
You were sleeping all the while he was busy at Carlisle,
Where he greets the stationmaster with elation.
But you saw him at Dumfries, where he summons the police
If there's anything they ought to know about:
When you get to Gallowgate there you do not have to wait--
For Shimbleshanks will help you get out!
He gives you a wave of his long brown tail
Which says: 'I'll see you again!
You'll meet me without fail on the Midnight Mail
The Cat of the Railway Train.'

T.S. Elliot

Poor Shimbleshanks, you never even made it to the tracks...