So, I wrote this little piece half a year ago, thinking about a friend who has already passed. This is for you, cat's go to heaven.

Maria when she arrived
eeked a tiny little coo--
unassuming and unnerving,
merely making an entrance into this world.
A ruthless runt,
she kicked and screamed
all the way into the bane of her existence.

By the time she could speak,
She was already exhausted.