Lament of the Cream Tabby

[Nocshadue Balbozar]

Lament of the Cream Tabby (sing to Memory from Cats)

Midnight...
Not a sound at the bid boards
has my fur lost its value
I am going unsold

At the love shack
the pedigrees collect at my feet
of the cats
that found new homes

Memory
All alone on a bid board
I can dream of the old days
You thought me beautiful then

I remember
the time I caused a bid war
let the memory
live again

Every market seems to sigh
a fatalistic warning
someone mutters as the roll back stutters
and soon it will be updates

Daylight
I must wait for the bidders
I must think of a new life
and a way to fit in

When new traits show
then I will be a memory too
and a new breed will begin

Burnt out ends
of retired traits
the stale cold smell
of a no sale

A panel light dies
another auction's over
A new collection cat is coming

Breed me
its so easy to keep me
if you breed in some new traits
then my value will hold

If you keep me
you'll understand what happiness is
Look
a new trait has been
Found.....ooooooooohhhh