THE Distillery Cats

Peaty and Smokey, the Distillery Cats, by Faith Gardner,

With apologies to TS Eliot

And using a large amount of Poetic Licence. August 2023

Peaty and Smokey are the Distillery cats.

Kilchoman is where they are HOME.

They greet you and inspect you and check you up and down,

When you walk through the archway of Rockside Farm.

At Rockside Farm whisky is made, barley is grown and lambs are born.

And at this place two wild kittens are found.

They hiss and squeal and scratch and fight.

But those two brothers have made it their site.

Peaty and Smokey became the Distillery cats.

Kilchoman is where they are HOME.

They patrol the lambing sheds, and all of the staff.

They might drink some milk that is mostly for the lambs,

But really the boys enjoy the atmosphere, as the barley moves along,

As the acrosphere grows and the peat is smoked,

As the grist is formed and the Mash Tun fills.

Peaty and Smokey are the Distillery cats.

And Kilchoman is where they are HOME.

At Rockside farm Kilchoman whisky is created.

The bottles gleam and shine as they roll off the production line.

Labelled and dated and moved onwards to be mated

With a careful eager owner whose wish to own a

Kilchoman amber liquid is thus sated.

Peaty and Smokey are the Distillery cats.

They greet you and inspect you and check you up and down

Whilst you too select your favourite of the range.

Happy with your choice you raise a dram in praise

Of Peaty and Smokey the Distillery cats.

And Kilchoman where they are HOME.