Cat

"Don't let the cat come between you",
the old woman winked and nudged
the blushing man whose eyes reflected
his young bride's puzzled look.
They'd dragged themselves from bed
barely long enough to marry,
and their bodies itched for the scratch
only sex could assuage.
And so it was until the work began,
and the kids mauled at tender breasts,
and the frets of age vied
with the fizzle of health.
They neither fell asleep nor woke together,
and when they did one day
it was to find that
the cat had come between them.