7020
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
7021 = 7 x 17 x 59
And when you reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there!
7022
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air—
[What happened to @panache45 ? He hasn’t participated in this thread for at least a week.]
7023 = 3 x 2341
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!
[I am starting to worry too. Second long pause in a short time. I hope everything is OK and @panache45 is just on holiday!]
7024
Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
[Hope you’re OK, @panache45 , and just enjoying a vacation!]
7025 = 52 x 281
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
7026
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
7027, a prime.
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
7028
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
7029 = 32 x 11 x 71
And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake.
7030
Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
7031 = 79 x 89
For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
7032
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square—
7033 = 13 x 541
But when a crime’s discovered, then Macavity’s not there!
7034
He’s outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)
7035 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 67
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.
7036
And when the larder’s looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,
7037 = 31 x 227
Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been stifled,
7038
Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair—
7039, prime.
Ay, there’s the wonder of the thing! Macavity’s not there!