What are you thinking cat?
Eyes unblinking cat,
staring me down

Under you fur,
beyond that purr,
what are you thinking?

Is it love I see,
deep in your eyes?
Or is it contempt?

A calculated attempt
to mesmerise.
Another sucker!
Is that what you are thinking?

I wish I knew what you are thinking.
I have this moment of doubt,
whether to put you out
away from the fire
into the rain,
fur soaking again.

“No he wouldn’t do that! “
I am sure, my fine cat,
that’s what you’re thinking

So I will look into your eyes,
eyes deep and unblinking.
If there is no trace of doubt,I’ll just throw you out.
To show who is master, who is cat,
To demonstrate that
you can never be sure
what I am thinking

Atrributed to Robert Mossom of the Hutton School