by Joan Dobbie Appx. 1981

LOVE SONG TO
A DEAD KITTEN*

Hey little kitten
Fuzz covered
Blood balloon
A truck came by
And popped you right
Out of this life
A little boy is
Crying now
A mother is moaning
Why why why
I wonder where you’re going next
Little fuzz ball
Puff ball
Yellow dandelion
Blossom

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*This poem appeared in Elegant Stew, 1983