Crazy Cat Lady

I have always secretly thought,
Had I not opted to have the traditional
Life of marriage and children,
That I would have been a great candidate
For the local Crazy Cat Lady.
I tell people this all the time.
If I hadn't gotten married and had kids,
I would have been that spinster lady,
Living alone, except for my dozen or so cats.
I think I would have been content,
And quite possibly annoying to the neighbors,
Perhaps scary to the schoolchildren passing by,
I can see by the way they lean back,
This whole conversation makes them uncomfortable,
So I drop the subject, subsiding into current life.
After all, there is still time, later on,
To be the crazy cat lady.