Arlene Corwin writes

Albert Cat’s Fifth Birthday

When the stunning long-day Swedish light

Is such and such

And I don’t want to leave the porch,

Don’t feel much like writing.

I abduct myself,

Grab A4 paper off the shelf

To write some trite-ish anything,

This very Friday being

Albert Cat's fifth birthday

Which we try not to forget each May

With couplets

Or a varied version of

To not forget

                         how old he is,

And partly to pronounce our love.

(a kitty-kitschy way to dote, one must admit).

Red-furred, a coat of note,

Unusually pretty, [he is]

Witty in a  cat-ish way,

(Which takes some reading into)

For although he doesn’t care a bit,

We celebrate, devoting every fifth of May to

Albert’s felin-inity in birthday card format.

Happy Birthday little Albert! 

 

 Cat No. 9 -- Corinna Rothwell