About My Cat and Horn Haiku
oodles and oodles
mushrooms made with noodles
with some sweet strudels
battened down hatches
Texas had many taxes
paid them and relaxes
will give you a hint
he has been incontinent
wherever he went
after reading text
how much longer and what next
by devil are hexed
by God had been caught
being dismal and distraught
temptation off fought
should see synagogue
we do love drinking eggnog
had killed a big hog
had smoked his cigar
Severely smelled up his car
and a corner bar
have heard latest leak
no bath and body will reek
any time of week
Our cat did die the other day.
Decided that carpet needed to
be vacuumed. As I went from
place would think of Henry.
He first would lay in higher
places and drink water in
high places. He worked his
way down to the floor.
He would lay under the mirror
and dresser on the floor in
hallway, bedroom or closet
where I put my shoes. He would
lie on the bed where I would brush
him. He had a hard time getting up
on the bed so I had to lift him. The
last day I put him in his liter box.
He had a rough time and fell down
while standing in it. Sunday night
around eight PM EST he started
panting and gurgling. His heart
had been beating rapidly. His eyes
always remained open. My wife
picked him up with her shawl.
Just before midnight his heart
stopped and he stopped breathing.
Henry was gone off to pet heaven.
We left him in the shawl all wrapped
laying on a blanket on the floor.
The next day I picked him up with
his body still laying in the shawl.
I put him with shawl around him
in a USPS box. I tightly sealed it
and then put box into a trash bag
and tied the top up tightly. I dug a
hole and put him and his box in it.
I put the first sprinkle of dirt on his
box and said an animal prayer.
Thank you God for giving us Henry.
We had him for 15 years and he
was such a nice, good cat. I filled
up the whole and planted flowers
around Henry's grave. We ordered
a Tomb Stone from Amazon of
course and it will be here shortly.
We also ordered a name tag so
we could put his name DOB and
DOD on it. Henry has gone but
his memory will never be forgot.
God bless Henry.
Copyright © James Horn | Year Posted 2022
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