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    Macavity - The Mystery Cat Apoembytseliot

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    The poem describes Macavity, a mystery cat who is always able to avoid capture for his crimes. He is described as a master criminal who can defy the law through his powers of levitation and ability to always be elsewhere when a crime is discovered. The poem emphasizes how Macavity is never found at the scene of the crime.

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    Macavity - The Mystery Cat

    a poem by T S Eliot
    Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw--
    For he's the master criminal who can defy the aw!
    He's the bafflement of Scotland "ard# the Flyin$ S%&ad's
    despair:
    For when they reach the scene of crime--Macavity's not
    there'
    Macavity# Macavity# there's no on li(e Macavity#
    He's bro(en every h&man law# he brea(s the law of
    $ravity!
    His powers of levitation wo&ld ma(e a fa(ir stare#
    )nd when yo& reach the scene of crime--Macavity's not
    there'
    "o& may see( him in the basement# yo& may loo( &p in
    the air--
    *&t + tell yo& once and once a$ain# Macavity's not there'
    Macavity's a $in$er cat# he's very tall and thin,
    "o& wo&ld (now him if yo& saw him# for his eyes are
    s&n(en in!
    His brow is deeply lined with tho&$ht# his head is hi$hly
    doomed,
    His coat is d&sty from ne$lect# his whis(ers are
    &ncombed!
    He sways his head from side to side# with movements
    li(e a sna(e,
    )nd when yo& thin( he's half asleep# he's always wide
    awa(e!
    Macavity# Macavity# there's no one li(e Macavity#
    For he's a fiend in feline shape# a monster of depravity!
    "o& may meet him in a by-street# yo& may see him in the
    s%&are--
    *&t when a crime's discovered# then Macavity's not
    there'
    He's o&twardly respectable! -They say he cheats at
    cards!.
    )nd his footprints are not fo&nd in any file of Scotland
    "ard's!
    )nd when the larder's looted# or the /ewel-case is rifled#
    0r when the mil( is missin$# or another Pe(e's been
    stifled#
    0r the $reenho&se $lass is bro(en# and the trellis past
    repair--
    )y# there's the wonder of the thin$' Macavity's not
    there'
    )nd when the Forei$n 0ffice finds a Treaty's $one
    astray#
    0r the )dmiralty lose some plans and drawin$s by the
    way#
    There may be a scap of paper in the hall or on the stair--
    *&t it's &seless of investi$ate--Macavity's not there'
    )nd when the loss has been disclosed# the Secret Service
    say:
    1+t m&st have been Macavity'1--b&t he's a mile away!
    "o&'ll be s&re to find him restin$# or a-lic(in$ of his
    th&mbs#
    0r en$a$ed in doin$ complicated lon$ division s&ms!
    Macavity# Macavity# there's no one li(e Macacity#
    There never was a Cat of s&ch deceitf&lness and s&avity!
    He always has an alibit# or one or two to spare:
    )nd whatever time the deed too( place--M)C)2+T"
    3)S4'T THE5E'
    )nd they say that all the Cats whose wic(ed deeds are
    widely (nown
    -+ mi$ht mention M&n$o/errie# + mi$ht mention
    6riddlebone.
    )re nothin$ more than a$ents for the Cat who all the
    time
    7&st controls their operations: the 4apoleon of Crime'
    Macavity - The Mystery Cat - a poem by T S Eliot

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