At midnight in the ally, atom-cat comes to wail,

And the chants the hate of a million year As he swings his snaky tail. Mlevolent,bony,brindled , Tiger and devil and bard,  His eyes are coals from the middle of hell,And his heart is black and hard. He twists and crouches and capers And bares his curved sharp claws,  And he sings to the stars of the jungle nights,  Ere cities wew,ar laws. Beast from a world prim,  He and his leaping clan, when the blotched red moon leers over the roofs  Give voice to their scron of man.He will lie on a rug tomorro  and lick his silky fur,
And veil the brute in his yellow eyes  And play he's tame, and purr.
But at midnight in the alley
He will crouch again and wail,
And beat the time for he's demon's song
With a swing of his demon's tail."