nine cats

a butterfly sailed on the breeze

past a field of barbed wire trees

where golden dragons chased around

pampered poppies on the ground

two silver trout sat way on high

and watched a royal samurai

plant two black orchids in a box

and strap it to a laughing fox

a minstrel bought a crooked spoon

he gave it to a blue baboon

who filled it full of virgin snow

and wandered in the afterglow

a toad stood in his ballet shoes

teaching sixteen kangaroos

how to skip across a lake

they found it hard to stay awake

a pharaoh played a merry tune

and watched nine cats dance on the moon

i didn't know what all this meant

i didn't know why i was sent

the insignificance version of nine cats has the

following additional verse at the end

i threw 5 clocks down on my bed

the chimes danced out on golden threads

and turned to footprints on my wall

sequined tears began to fall