We're not Pavlov's dogs
but at the ringing of that little bell
or the slightest 'meowww'
we are ready to perform
to conform
to here very wish
to let her outside
or to put food in her dish

she has us at her beck and call
and amazes us with her antics
her skips and bounds
tearing around and around
the way she moves
shifts endlessly
from sloth to frantic
with a rub of her head
or a jump on the bed
she has us in her thrall