Birthday Poem

When I was born

you were proud

Mother was

ousted from home

We had a cat

black and white

with a brown spot.

So I have heard.

After waiting

for hours on the deserted

pavement near the

Women’s Hospital on a full moon day

you brought me home

The cat run over

on our street the same

full moon day, so I have heard.

I was all red, with a big head

was very fair

skin and all you

took me to mother’s home

they welcomed her

because of me

So, I have heard.

No more you, no more mother’s mother

and not even Mother,

who were reunited

because of me,

a half century later

on a full moon night, I know.

We have a cat, black and white

no brown spot.