Loss Cat Poems

10
10 days, which is more than a week.

9
She cuddles and it’s ok, it’s ok.

8
She ate really good today. We gave her another can and we...

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I’m busy again.
Dusting, organizing, mopping.
Everything is clean already.
We already swept up all her old food.
And mopped her muddy paw prints.
It’s clean, it’s clean enough!
They say.
We...

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Clever.
In a way only a person can be.
When she would try to sneak our human food.
Loving.
When she would place her paw on my hand.
If she...

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She hated that vacuum.
She would run around and try to trip me.
This chore used to take forever and ever…
Now it’s done.
All those traces of fur...

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You would put your paws in your water dish.
Tip it over and splash around.
Paper towel was fruitless.
You’d unravel it and tear it up.
I was annoyed...

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Despite the vets,
All of our pets.
Pass one by one.
We all used to have fun.
Now there are only two.
We’re starting to get a clue.
That pets are...

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Your nicknames come to mind.
Those silly names we used all the time.
We’d call you over.
We still remember…
Now all we have are the echos.
Of the names...

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Grasping it like an heirloom.
Alone in this room.
I saw a whisker.
I knew it was from her.
Gray, yet somehow bright.
A piece of you that you left...

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We told you to go to bed.
You decided to howl instead.
In those days, we covered our ears.
But now we hide our tears.
Yes, you would howl.
Yes,...

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This life you had with us,
Is beginning to rust.
Beautiful eyes.
Full of surprise.
Sticking your tongue out.
Never a drought,
Of days with you.
We were young too.
Yes, you could...

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When we brought you home, you were already wise.
We could see it in your eyes.
You taught us the best time to give you lunch.
That an...

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Out of her cage.
She was so sage.
She knew it was her last day.
She has become too tired to play.
Spare some grief, let in the doubt.
The...

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The end was not a surprise.
These last few weeks are like a prize.
But then you become more confused.
When your suffering, we can’t refuse,
To deny you...

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You love to chase the old cow,
and make the kitten go meow,
I have put you in your place,
now no one left to chase.
I got you~let...

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I was only four, 
when Blackie my dog died. 
My dad ran my best friend over, 
yes it was a horrible accident. 

 
I was...

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