“Ode' to `Mischief Lotus”
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Mischief Lotus Darnell - The Black Cat
“Ode' to `Mischief Lotus”
My cat was a rescue me,
The abandonment of loneliness.
He had his Forever Home promise,
My love and affection were his.
See, he turns out to be,
Complete contentment we shared.
Mutual grounds in battles, here,
But we didn't care and laughed.
My cat was special to me:
He’s all that I had in this world I'll truly miss him and will be saddened.
He did love me a bunch, you see,
I loved him back, even more,
With this punch, I"d show. Good times they were for, The Black Cat.
He gave me a reason to live and laugh, He started to grow and to give. He greeted me every morning, He gave me his meow to gear.
Until he was watered and fed;
He weighed twenty-five lbs,
He was this big boy, instead!
As he was growing up:
I taught him how to “Box,” deed
Yes, you read that right, I say,
I taught him how to “Box.”
He'd get up on his hind legs,
He gave a pawing jab,
With his pawing punch.
It's true, he could “Box.”
Mischief grew on in years;
And we always had fun in tears
Mischief came to a spot with his life
It was our saddest one, we feared.
June 30th was the day,
Independence was here
He was running about the house
Laid under the air, it’s basking him.
Then he came to the room,
He wanted to take a nap.
Up in the window, he went,
Not knowing, it’d be his last stint.
Then the next thing I knew,
He was dragging his legs!
He cried with a bellowing pain in his voice,
Mischief had a stroke that day.
In such a heartbreaking way,
For this cat to bear,
I needed to relieve him of his pain.
I left him there for the night,
He was under sedation.
I collapsed walking away,
He’d given such a fright that day.
July 1st came in,
He looked at me with a thirst,
Then he kissed my hand, he knew,
And laid in my lap, We Loved Blue.
He wanted up to my shoulders,
Then gave me this, One Lasting Hug.
The vet had his cocktail treat waiting;
My “Mischief Lotus,”
Departed,
Now Sleeps!
Oh, how my heart aches for you;
Of agonized pain, he suffered!
That bellowing hurtful cry,
He Is Free, Now Flies!!!
I know this grieving here will pass, In its timed deed.
Rest In Peace, with Our Loving God,
My Lil Buddy,
I Love You, One More Last Time!!!
“A tribute to the sorrow that brings us
the strength, of undying love,
prevailing its light.”
-William Darnell Sr
Mischief Lotus Darnell
”The Black Cat”
August 2017-July 2022
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