Elffin requested a poem about a cat on a rocket ship to Pluto.
The cat food here is terrible
The dog is even worse
And if I stay here, someone
Will be leaving in a hearse
I need to be away from here
As far as I can get
So I wonder: is there anyone
Who’s been to Pluto yet?
I’ve got some friends at NASA
And they’re lending me this craft
They say the plan is genius
Because it sounds so daft!
It has to be top secret
But if someone does find out
“They sent a cat to Pluto”?
Their own sanity they’d doubt!
So I’m travelling to Pluto
I expect I’ll be there soon
I’ve already left the atmosphere
I’m almost at the moon!
It can’t be that much further
And have you ever met
A cat who couldn’t reach a place
That they had aimed to get?
Tom Juniper Poetry 