Five Cages and a Barbie Doll

Three cats in a cage and two more at the door of 313 W. Fillmore.
Holding the trap door open with his paw, Mr. Biggles foils the attempted capture.
None of them ran away, instead they all sat in the yard
And decided they wouldn't be going anywhere.

Here comes Crazy Katie in her bus.
"Take pictures of my naked Barbie," she said with a devilish grin.
"Ever do it in a school bus?
Not this school bus, but sometime, somewhere?"

The cats pouted and purred.
Nobody really wants to move.
They move because they have to
Or because some opportunity knocked and they listened.

"I love pussy," says Crazy Katie.
She pouted and purred.
"Why don't you guys hop in and we'll go for a ride to the fishmonger?"
The cats jumped on the bus and settled in to their carriers.

"We don't want to leave here," said Mr. Biggles.
"This is our home and we'll fight to stay.
We've been here longer than most of the people in the neighborhood.
We know all the dogs and where the mice hide out."

"I will find you some new mice," said Katie.
And she closed the bus door.
"And the dogs where we're going are all good dogs."
The wheels spun slightly when she let out the clutch.

"We really miss our friend who lived here.
She was like a cat to us.
It's not fair that she left and now we have to leave, too.
Do you think she's coming back?"

"Your friend is in a better place now," said Katie.
"And soon you will be, too."
The bus lumbered across the edge of the drain tile
and crushed part of the privet at the edge of the shelter's parking lot.

The new owners at 313 W. Fillmore were surprised.
Five scrawny and hungry cats showed up at their door one day, all in a pride.
The animal shelter was overwhelmed by the anonymous donation of a bus that contained five cages and a naked Barbie.