For her tom cat father 'Panther' br For her manx mother 'Whoopie' br br For on one dark and stormy night, she streaked into Adams St. br For the hit-and-run car that smashed her head br For her internal bleeding and chipped vampire teeth br For her Steve Young brain concussion br For her one-month convalescence in San Mateo County Kennel br For her RESSURECTION br br For her goofy behavior br For she slipped into a bucket of dirty car oil br For every morning at 6 a.m. she lies on my left ankle br For she growls at Ginger the pesky feline next door br For she bitches about her daily diet of tap water and dry IAMS br For the stringy spider webs draped over her pointy ears br For she licks my daughter Sarah's hair then chokes br For she rocks and rolls into catnip flakes br For she naps with her paws over her eyes br For Kurt Cobain who seranades her full-blast br For she craves deep tissue massages br For she 'does her business' in summers squatting on gravel, hot as lava br br For she is a master hunter. br For she pounces on doves, sparrows and giant moths br For she rotates her radar ears toward hippity-hoppity pigeons br For she leaps and chomps on pencils br For she plays red-light, green-light with white mice br For she flips mice in the air to see if they land heads or tails br br For Edgar Allan Poe's 'Black Cat' br For T.S.