Living on Fire: A Collection of Poems by Virginia Adair

Author:Virginia Adair [Adair, Virginia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

Strays

It started with the cat, a hungry stray.

I fed her, and she made me let her stay.

Soon she was pregnant; and what could I do?

I didn’t want a cat and kittens too.

I put their box outside, just past their blindness,

and made a sign: These kittens need your kindness.

I had the females neutered, paying double,

to save the cat and me from further trouble.

A girl came by and knelt beside the box,

all gray: her jacket, jeans, and tennis socks.

She said, “To be unwanted is so sad.

I’d take one, but my father would be mad.

I fed a puppy once, outside.

My father came and kicked it till it died.

And then he threatened me because I cried.”

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