Cat in the Manger

Another one by UA Fanthorpe

In the story, I'm not there
Ox and ass, arranged at prayer
But me? Nowhere

Anti-cat evangelists
How on earth could you have missed
Such an obvious and able
Occupant of any stable

Who excluded mouse and rat?
The harmless necessary cat
Who snuggled in with the holy pair?
Me. And my purr

Matthew, Mark and Luke and John
(Who got it wrong
Who left out the cat
Remember that
Wherever He went in this great affair
I was there.

Our cat says  "Quite right"  Purrrrr