I should write an ode to my cat
but she claims all of the good ones
have already been written and she
would not settle for less than the best.
She says I could write an ode
to the television remote or even
the microwave oven, but I note
to her that an ode is to someone,
something worthy, beneficial
and she nods in agreement, then
adds, well how about a jeremiad
and on that we agree, or I think we do
for she has already curled in sleep.