My cat likes citrus

My cat likes citrus, my niece says

Try yours, start with a nectarine or an orange

Your dog likes almonds, I know

And popcorn gets her going

These delights are tasty incongruities

That prove the rule of taste

For animals and people

The gusto’s in the giving

The juicy, jazzy pleasure of

Conveying these soft, these crunchy morsels

Of love, given by the hand

Each one a salivating spot

Like a touch upon the heart

Along the tongue

Between creatures in thrill

My cats like citrus, my niece says