Nine Lives

Nine lives my rear
Just one too short 
Never again we say
Then a kitten appears

So tiny and playful
Lively lovely soft
Easy to deny the end
Again over again

We know the pain to be
But bond without fail
Sorting through the photos
Recall not the sad dying

But the joy of a life
Gifts of mice and warm laps
Laughing at (not with)
Earnest battles with shadows
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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December 7, 2020 at 11:49 AM
Hello Jon Bowman so nice to meet you. Welcome to Poetry Soup. It is sad to lose a pet. Especially when it is a kitten. |hope I got it right| Your cat will be in your memories. Enjoy your day my friend.
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