Concatenation

The cat I was so devoted to
And thought of as only mine,
Turned out to be the heartthrob
Of a distant neighbour of mine!

He escaped to her every day
And returned to me at night,
It never once occurred to me
That my cat had taken flight!

Till, one night he came, battered
And bandaged by the vet,
It suddenly dawned on me
All along, I’d loved another’s pet!

And sure enough, at the doctor’s
His other owner and I met,
Unwitting glances we nicked—
Our cat had both of us kept!

He lived in our two homes
Under two different names,
And prowling in the park, had
Conned us with a double game!

What choice have we now
But to be friends forever,
He will come and go at will
And change his ways never!