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The Onomatopoeic Cat
by Neil Ellman

doesn't oink
or go tweet
doesn't gobble
or bay

doesn't croak
Neigh, quack
squawk
or make a peep

doesn't growl
howl
whinny or make
a cuckoo's call--

if it could squeak
it would
but all it can do
is purr.