I especially can relate to this 5 stray cats poem by Charles Bukowski. The poem is entitled, Exactly Right:
the strays keep arriving: now we have 5
cats and they are smart, spontaneous, self-
absorbed, naturally poised and awesomely
beautiful.
(see rest of poem on the Writer’s Almanac website)…
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/11/09