"Give Me a Kitten"

Socorro Lawas on Aug 15, 2011

Tags: "Give Me a Kitten", by Socorro T. Lawas, Grandma and Mom, kisses remain, kitten, lyric poem, my seventy-fifth birthday, my wrinkles, overstaying at thirty-five, the world seems wrong, where am I, you embraced me, you kissed the kitty

This is a playful lyric poem about being old: when you are old you turn around from present tense to pretense.

“Give Me a Kitten”

Grandma passed away at hundred and five,

Mom departed forever at ninety-five;

I’ll never live to be seventy-five:

Not at the rate that I’m overstaying at thirty-five.

I often ask you “where am I” ,

The world seems wrong, I don’t know why;

Why do you gaze at me with a critic’s eye,

Can’t you just pass my wrinkles by?

On my seventy-fifth birthday you embraced me,

Then looked around and kissed the kitty:

Would someone please gift me with a kitten

To teach me how to purr so the kisses remain?###

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StudentWriter on Aug 15, 2011
nice poem
Cyni1106 on Aug 15, 2011
Good one, so true, we seem to be neglected when we age. )
Rosettaartist1 on Aug 16, 2011
heartwarming
salmontaste on Aug 16, 2011
Clever and cute poem. The kitty’s purr must be a metaphor for kissing I presume haha.
Dennis N OBrien on Aug 16, 2011
Not a bad idea to overstay at 35. I know some people who are old at 50 and others who are young at 75. It\’s the attitude, not the number, I think.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 16, 2011
Age is only number. We get newer every day.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 16, 2011
Salmontaste: You are the clever one. It is the interpreter who makes the poem. Sex is found in a doggie, in a cat, in a jellyfish, etc. Hahaha!
Socorro Lawas on Aug 16, 2011
Cyni 1106: You must be a kind and sensitive soul to say so.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 16, 2011
Rosettaartist 1: I am glad I am able to warm a heart heart through a small poem. I think all art is designed to lead us beyond words. By means of art we realize revelations unattainable by reason.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 16, 2011
Studentwriter: I’m glad you said it’s a nice poem, enough to compensate for a silent wish to merit the word “nice”.
holdkunal on Aug 17, 2011
nice…
Socorro Lawas on Aug 18, 2011
holdkunal: You are the one that is nice because you see something nice in what I wrote. Thank you.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 18, 2011
Dennis: Age is only number. The measure of health is function not longevity.And yes, it’s a matter of attitude. If you consider yourself old, then you are.
Pete Macinta on Aug 18, 2011
Nice!
StudentWriter on Aug 19, 2011
very nice
neopisiva on Aug 23, 2011
“Turn around from present tense to pretense”…I like how it sounds.
Eiddwen on Aug 25, 2011
Great read and i did enjoy it,here’s to many more to share.
Take care.
Socorro Lawas on Aug 27, 2011
Thank you everyone.
Ram Bansal on Sep 15, 2011
Not a kitten, but I kiss you, on this birthday of yours,… ’so the kisses remain’ for ever with you.
Socorro Lawas on Sep 15, 2011
Ram, you are very naughty.
Socorro Lawas on Sep 21, 2011
In old age we often suffer from rejection, being taken for granted.

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