Ode To Cat Poetry Contest
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17/5/2026
Spook; my beautiful big grey fluffy cat Who every night would sit upon my knee. For eighteen years I had you in my life Until that day, when you I did not see. Into my car I backed up my driveway I felt a bump, and in an instant knew. Under my wheels your spinning body lay My dartling Spook I had run over you. I picked you up and knew you were in strife You bloodied head and body held no hope. With empathy and love, ended your life Around your neck I firmly held and choked. I dropped onto my knees and held you tight And for your loss I then began to scream. My neighbour rushed into this awful sight My sobs I couldn’t stop, my grief extreme. I wrapped you up, and then I dug your grave Lay you to rest, right in your favourite place. My fluffy big grey cat I could not save Within my heart your memory embrace,
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