I Could Pee on This Too: And More Poems by More Cats (Poetry Book for Cat Lovers, Cat Humor Books, Funny Gift Book) Hardcover – August 16, 2016

There's a safe ignominy in being a cat. You live with people; they're morons, clearly, and ill-mannered boggarts whose daily activities are inscrutable and clearly occur outside the common edicts to live in the now, or to celebrate you. For what you are! Their perfect cat. But what's asked of you? Nothing, except the occasional participation in baffling humiliation. Or acknowledgement of affection. Ugh.There's a credible collective voice in this book, of a the parallel pet population that we only recently domesticated and which the law still sees in some contexts as more tamed than assimilated. Marciuliano's animal voices share a sort of believable, if often affectionate, disdain for humans. They tolerate us, observe us and seek to modify our behavior that they might survive (consider the poem titled, kindly if dismissively, "You Also Live Here"). It's the need to get us to do what we obviously should have known how to do without being told wordlessly that's challenging. (See "I Bonk.")But what's worst (for the cats -- BEST for the poetry) of all is the sort of self-hatred, or at least malaise, that lurks in the cats' failure to see in themselves the imperfections that hold them back and render them incapable of, well, armed revolution -- and as a result, subject them to embarrassment and excessive familiarity (just the title, "There's a Toy on My Head," tells you what you need to know).The poetry is comic, but the tension is real. What keeps cats from seeing themselves as imperfect, from understanding that while it may be wrong to wash them and take pictures of them in birthday hats, if they didn't want us to? Well, they could stop us. But they can't. And so we keep them as our pets. Imprisoned in our velvet prisons, they turn to poetry, unafraid to show their internal thoughts, wishes, and desires, written more deftly than you'd expect an incarcerated bunch of animals to be capable of, but with all the rawness of mice without heads, and all the pathos of a fly. Just. Out. Of. Reach.

My 11 year old daughter bought the first of these cat poetry books (I could pee on this) while on vacation. She loved it and memorized some of the poems and would randomly recite them at family get togethers-which made many laugh. For Christmas she got the second edition. I don’t think it’s quite as endearing as the first but the title is clever and we love cats so we support cat poetry.

After I read I passed it on

Hysterical! I can just see my cat thinking these things aloud! Soo funny! Too Cute! But, this is my limit for Cat items. Do not want develop a rep of being a Cat Lady! Too Funny! Can't stop chuckling! Cat wonders why I give her those sideways glances... guess wondering if I Know what she is thinking? Hysterical!

I had bought the first book, "I Could Pee on This" as a gift for a friend and liked it so much I thought I'd get myself a copy. Then I saw there was a second book of cat poetry, so I bought that for myself. It's very funny and the author obviously understands the cat psyche. However, the first book was so much better, that I was disappointed in the second of the series. If I hadn't read the first one, I'd probably give this one 5 stars. The cat photos are very nice and the overall design of the book is great. Nice gift for cat-lovers.

I have cats. I have had many cats over the last 70 years. There isn't a thing in this book -- or any of the series -- that is not true. Perfect gift for anyone who is a real cat parent who cherishes their little beasties.

Great gift for a cat lover, especially if they've read the first book. Funny and cute poems!

If you liked "I Could Pee On This", you are going to love this second installment in the pets-writing-poetry genre. The poems have all the wit, irony, and insight you have come to expect from Francesco Marciuliano. I noticed a lot more works from cats who have had a kitten introduced into their home; these poems capture perfectly the disgruntlement of a one time "only child". Any lover of cats should have this volume in their library.