6/ I got stronger
and sometimes
played with my brothers and sisters
or visited my mother —
but mostly I stayed with soft voice
together on the sofa
flexing my paws in the fuzzy afghan
watching television – we liked nature shows
if they were not violent.
Sometimes soft voice would stare at me
"Poor little runt," she'd say, "Don't know where
you came from – none of the others are black
and I've never seen a kitten with brown eyes."
And I would purr.
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Above, another, scarier feline painting from 'cat man' Julius Adam II — note poor little runt's expression, way down in lower right corner....
