A Plea

such a poor kitten
cruelly dis-owned
stripped of her chain
thrust out of doors
pet door closed and boarded over
faced with life alone and feral
who will take her in from the wild?
who will feed her
who will train her
who will pet her
who will cane her
who will fill her twitching cunt?

even grieving
even crying
kittens need to know their place.

she never stops hoping
she never stops listening
she never stops praying for what will not pass.
but until that miracle
till the impossible
who will accept her and bid her to serve?

let him step forth now.