The Heaviside Layer is Where They All Go
In Loving Memory of Lilo
Koffeeholics can cry too…
Composed lovingly by: Koffeeholic
"
A Jellicle cat is unlike any other cat
They brighten the dark
Pop out of the hat
Set off magical sparks
And what is to be done about that?
"
The cats so clever,
Knockabout clowns, and quick-change comedians
Come to the Junkyard and sing
Of fanciful powers
And overturning vases
Commonly said to be Ming
"
Then, when the day's hustle and bustle is done
The Gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun
And the fickle tom
Is ready to have his fun
"
A rather portly cat parades in riches with a spoon
While a rather nefarious cat scampers in crime under the moon
It comes out
And a leading cat of a majestic silver-black comes to the rescue
Without further adieu
"
At the moon's mighty rising and shining light
Ever comes the revering reckoning of the maker of The Choice
Cats of white, cats of bright
Cats of black, cats of the storm
Queens of the night
Theatrical, phenomenal
Brazen, Astronomical
And the tatty, matty cat
All alone with no place to call her kingdom
All along, she has been told to simply scat!
"
But under this moon shrouded in a mysterious mist of clouds
The Choice goes to another such cat apart from the crowds
Black and white
Beautiful and bright
Quite the magical
A true queen of the night
Peacefully she left
Unknowing of the beckoning light
And there she goes onto the Heaviside Layer
Where all Jellicles go
After lives of nine
Have reached the end of their line
"
The maker of The Choice addresses all the catting crowd
His ancient, wise voice speaking aloud
"My fellow Jellicles, tonight we have sent another of us to the wondrous Heaviside Layer. But worry not; we will all have the chance to go. For the beauty beyond our Jellicle Moon is for each and every one of us; and it awaits in time, calling ever so..."