Shiro
A military family has a cat
Deaf, declawed, defenseless
They have to PCS
So they through her out
With the stray cats
She'll never survive
She gets in a small fight
Gets scratched on the nose
Some people find her
They can't keep her
I wanted a cat
I looked in the newspaper
And their is a add
For a cat snowy and white
I meet her
I instantly want her
She comes home with me
I name her Shiro
White in Japanese
A few months later
Shiro gets sick
We can't find the cure
I take her with me to Germany
For I must move
The vets here are smarter
I believe its true
They found the cure
And now Shiro is fine
Not sick anymore
She chases birds like a pouncing tiger
Lays out in the sun
Shiro is now
As I'm pleased to say
Happy and Content
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Submitted on March 15, 2011
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
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