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A Kitten’s Tale
by Marge Simon 

When I was new

I was one of a litter

under a trailer.

.

It was dark and cozy there,

mother’s tits full to drink from,

her tongue to keep us clean

and the heat of summer sun

was not a thing to worry us.

.

But come the renters,

a young man and woman

and a small one, the kind

that we fear most,

being very young,

and full of screams

to get his needs.

.

I was chosen for his pet,

while my siblings

were sent elsewhere,

perhaps to die.

.

I would rather have joined them,

for he carries me around

by my neck and sometimes

swings me by my tail,

puts toothpaste in my hair,

and squeezes me so hard.

.

It won’t be long

before I go,

but oh, I wish

I could be new, again.

Fiction © Copyright Marge Simon
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com 

More from Marge Simon:

Cast from Darkness
by Marge Simon and‎ Mary Turzillo

Cast from Darkness is another triumphant collaboration between award-winning Speculative poets, Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo.

The poetry includes themes running the spectrum of the speculative genres and forms ranging from the haiku through many nuances of vere libre to the prose poem.

Available on Amazon!