This is my literary contribution to society. It was actually a little longer, but I had to limit it to 20 lines for publication. This is the story of a most annoying cat that my sister left with me when she was traveling. We couldn't stand her yowling, so we put her in the basement until they came back.......



Distress Call from Sassy

Where are my owners, so loving and kind?
I can't believe they would leave me behind!
My simplest needs of shelter and food,
Without reservation they daily imbued.
Where are my owners, so thoughtful and fair?
This place is enough to give one a scare!
You wouldn't believe how they treat me here!
I was locked in a dungeon, gloomy and drear!
To supplement my diet, on mice I would dine.
Where, oh, where are those owners of mine?


Where, oh, where are my owners, I cried?
You won't believe this! They put me outside! Those mice in the basement seem like a feast!
The next time you call, I might be deceased!
Please take me back, I promise you this...
I won't spray, or cry, or pester, or hiss.
I'll run when you call (I always do!),
Please take me back, I'm so lonely and blue!
Just to be held, and stroked one more time.
Where, oh, where are those owners of mine??

Susan Jeanne Stodola

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