"nor how they sometimes fall short" (line 8)
I hope this is the passage you are referring to.
This poem is regarding a cat that should go home but has soo much more to do. It expresses how the cat hears the call to come home but instead continues to enjoy its own activities.
Hope this helps
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father: let's go to the zoo today
son: ok sure i have been wanting to go there for so long
father: same lg