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Sometimes Old Soldiers Die

Submitted by Neil McKay on August 13, 2015

The grass refuses to grow in that corner,
No matter, I have plans for it.
I had said last year, a gooseberry bush
Needed to grow there

To honor my fallen soldier,
My comrade in arms, the cat
Who held off four masked bandits
Until I came clattering into the side yard

With an aluminum ladder, the only
sidearm I could find at 3 a.m. in blackness
With no glasses nor shoes
Nor even pants it seems

I rescued him from the insurgents but
Sepsis took him 3 days later
And I buried him in that corner
Where no grass will grow.

Comments

joshua mertz

August 14, 2015

Ahhh... cats. Many question their loyalty, but they are staunch defenders of the heart. May that lil' guy rest in peace. Perhaps you should plant catnip. <3