Muumi and Smokey
A Tale of Two Cats
A litter of three kittens
Black as a moonless night
Abandoned in our backyard
Something did not seem right.
The stronger two made it
To the neighbor’s backyard
The weakest we took inside
Muumi, the size of a postcard.
Fed her milk with a dropper
Nursed her back to health
Jumped up high on tables
Hid in nooks with stealth.
The other two kittens
Shadow and Smokey
Fed by the neighbors
Roamed about carefree.
Muumi amused us with antics
At times smart at times crummy
She liked her neck to be stroked
And purred sitting on my tummy.
When Shadow or Smokey
Passed through our yard
Mummi hissed behind glass
Protecting her turf, on guard.
After ten years Muumi fell sick
With stomach cancer
Tried different vets and drugs
Nothing could save her.
The neighbors moved out
Shadow disappeared somewhere
Smokey kept coming back
To us without a care.
A large stash of cat food
Leftover from Muumi
Fed Smokey every day
She enjoyed it you see.
Now we have this outside cat
Black as Muumi, meow to match
When I feed her in the evening
A glimpse of Muumi I do catch.
