Sident
I knew a cat.
His name was Sident.
No-one knew what his name meant
but he carried it with unconscious pride.
Sident was named by a young man
of considerable intellect.
But he remained dumb when quizzed
about the origin of the name of Sident.
Sphinx like he stood
ignoring our pleas for enlightenment.
We begged and we reasoned and
all the while Sident twined amongst our legs.
"Levi" we said "Tell us, please! and we will
give you a chocolate bar."
"Levi, why Sident? It's driving us mad!"
Levi took the chocolate but answer returned us
none.
And to this day Sident roams the house
enigmatic and proud.
His name as mysterious as the disappearance
of any chicken which is left out.
Even for a moment.