Pousse-Café

Pyanfar Chanur was debating with Ambrus
        The merits of gfi versus klava
While Mehitabel yawned at Petronius Arbiter's
        Tales of prowess as a lover.
Chmeee and Bagheera compared pros and cons
        Of hunting in dark and in daylight
And the Feline Fantastical Fellowship meets
        Down Archetype Cafe at midnight.

Honorary members Gray Mouser and Catwoman
        Pilfered from pockets with suavity
Until they discovered their own purses empty
        Though no one had sighted Macavity.
Dr. Whom, who was doing some fieldwork, recorded
        The usual Kilkenny catfight
And the Feline Fantastical Fellowship meets
        Down Archetype Cafe at midnight.

        BREAK 1
        And Bast, who was chairing the meeting, gave
        An impassioned plea for us to hear that
                                                                             "The tailchasing
        Yammering crabby tomcats and tabbies
                Are history twisting our tails
        So they'll tell you we carry diseases, they'll tell you
        We fly with the devil and more and they'll give you a
        Shower of rocks for stealing their lox
                When you just tasted one of the scales."

Pixel and Nutcase walked in through the wall
        Just as Greebo was ordering scumble
Though Aslan was turning the water to wine
        For any who asked at the table.
Everyone joined in a song by Frank Hayes
        And agreed that the chorus was just right.
And the Feline Fantastical Fellowship meets
        Down Archetype Cafe at midnight.

        BREAK 2
        And before Lady Bast thanked the speakers
                The questions rang out from the floor.
        "We challenged the humans' perceptions to change
                And we challenged our own even more
        Oh they'll tell you we fly with the devil, suck breath out of
        Babies, and all have nine lives. They'll tell you that
        Tigers are man-eaters, lions are lazy and
                Leave all the work to their wives."

C'mell arrived late for the meeting, explaining
        That she'd gotten lost on the way
But the King of the Cats gave his pardon and said
        "Now you're here, you're no longer a stray."
Faber remarked that she'd meant to do that,
        Occasioning groans left and right
And the Feline Fantastical Fellowship meets
        Down Archetype Cafe at midnight.