3.22.2018
Old cat Rosie
is missing the box
piddles on the floor
poops on the carpet.
Catzeimer’s, the vet
says, her skinnier
everyday body
letting go.
Honor thy father
and mother we’ve
been told, so that
our days may be long
So that we are not put down
or out when we too
have forgotten
where to aim.
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