Today is our birthday.
We play games in the garden all day.
I am in love.
Lucy says we shall grow old together.
Today is our birthday.
She is so much bigger than I.
I’m sure I’ll catch up.
Lucy says I can sleep in her bed.
Today is our birthday.
Lucy wants to play dress-up.
I bite her.
She thinks because she’s big she can boss me around.
Today is our birthday.
I haven’t seen Lucy at all.
I leave a present on our bed.
The next day she shouts at me.
Today is our birthday.
We are thirteen.
I wait for my life to begin.
She seems so much younger than me.
Today is our birthday.
Lucy is happy.
She has colours painted on her face.
I am tired.
Today is our birthday.
I stay in bed.
Lucy sits on me when she comes in.
I think I’m getting smaller.
Today is our birthday.
I think I am dying.
Lucy cries while she strokes my hair.
‘Goodbye, my Puss’.
aw that bought tears to my eyes :(
ReplyDeleteAwww! I'm so glad I didn't read the whole poem earlier today. We had to take our cat to the Vet and I was convinced... But she's fine and home again. Nice little poem, if I can call it nice!
ReplyDeleteBlimey. Great stuff - genuinely moving, but then I love cats...
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