Emily is inspired by William Woodsworth

 --for Ruby

I wandered, lonely as a cat
That stalks the fence o’er yards with ‘Dales
When, all at once, I saw a crowd

Of fluff-tailed squirrels and plumpy quails.
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Jumping and dancing in the breeze.

I strained and strained against the leash

To catch that wealth of critter-meat—

I almost caught; my teeth snapped shut—

And now, when on the couch I sprawl,

In drooling or in pensive mood,
They flash upon my inward eye

And scamper to my twitching paws.

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth