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KATE
Five thousand days
I slept on your bed
Ate under your table
Lounged on your couch
Played with your fingers
Purred on your lap
Dozed in your sunshine
Frolicked with your catnip
Watched out your windows.
You took my claws
But I never complained.
I never use them.
Not in anger.
Now, when I'm old
Slowing down
Going blind
Getting grumpy
You left me with strangers
Without a backward glance.
After only 7 days,
I'm gone to the bridge.
Was that all
We owed each other?
Was that the best
You could do?
