Little Backyard

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I wrote this a few weeks ago after I lost my beloved cat.

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There’s a new mound of dirt in our little backyard

And on it grows a flower

And I sit by the mound in a little old chair

And watch it hour by hour

The petals are orange with little black specks

Reminding me of what I lost

And the sky turns black with little bright stars

And the flower wilts with frost

"A griever!" cries a bird in a little oak tree

And he sings me a sad lullaby

“A mourner,” sighs a mouse in a little old hole

And she leaves me alone to cry

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