Our cat Elsie just celebrated her 13th birthday!
CAT ON HER BIRTHDAY
By April Halprin Wayland
My tail leaves a trail of elegant catness
My dangerous eyes are a light shade of green
It takes work to maintain my sinuous fatness
Though I may look youthful, today I’m thirteen.
I prowled in the ivy-no whisper of ratness
Now, while I lick my lower leg clean,
my owner prepares me a long-whiskered catfish
for my birthday (she knows it’s my favorite cuisine.)
© by April Halprin Wayland 2010 all rights reserved
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