gin joint

cats...

 

I didn't seek this or want this

 

I didn't let my cat out or dump it unspayed



to have kittens

in someone else's garden

other people did this to these poor creatures

 

But of all the gin joints in the town they walked into mine

 

When I was 12 I used to see this little boy on my walk home

He always waited for me and walked alongside of me the length of his block

It got cold and he showed up with a too short coat with no buttons

and he didn't have a hat or gloves

it was so cold that I took him home

I shutter to think of what I did looking back

asking a small child to come home with me

But I did

and I took him in the house, made him some hot chocolate

while I found mittens and a hat for him

and went into my mother's button tin and found buttons

to sew on his coat

Then I walked him back home

and I don't think anyone missed him

but he was warm and happy

His name was Mikey

 

I have not changed

 

Wish me luck today....I am setting up the traps

what I'll do after that...I am not sure

I hope I get the kittens first

they still have a chance at a home

The other two....they are doomed to be feral cats

But I am taking on the task

they will be under my care

and I don't know how I'll handle all of this

but these are the least of these

and like with Mikey

I will