Bobbie Kitten's Recovery

What did they do to you, Bobbie dear?

Who scared you; why were you born here?

Did they gang up on you or was one cat guilty?

Did you hurt yourself, young and silly?

Bobbie was bopping all around the house,

Like a ricochet shadow after a mouse.

Climbing chairs of fabric like a spider,

No one was exempt sitting beside her.

Bobbie hobbled into the study to escape,

Leaving her overnight on the patio was a mistake.

She played in another cat’s territory,

That was the end of her happy flurry.

Bobbie limped to her food dish,

But food was not her wish.  

She wanted aloneness to heal her heart,

A day of solitude that tore us apart.

Bobbie is four months old,

Gleaming fur like midnight gold.

If a kitten could cry, her tears would fall,

She did not deserve what happened at all.

It could not have been Nala, eighteen and reclined,

Or Cookie Dough hissing at one not her kind.

Tanuki baby-sat little sister with glee,

Must have been Latte that made Bobbie flee.

Does Latte remember youth put in his place,

By a cat-punch from Tanuki onto his face.

Four fascinating tails for a bob-tail to toy,

Only Latte was annoyed by her joy.

Passive-aggressive Cookie; how about that? 
May have made Bobbie skat. 
Feminine feline gingerly snapped pride, 
Did the Jekyll and Hyde jellicle make Bobbie hide?

Bobbie is safe now from another attack,

When she is older and stronger she will go back.

For now she can rest assured regaining her cool,

Through human intervention she has time to retool.

Sleep little Bobbie, your confidence retain,

Your ball of silky fur unchanged remains. 

Dart you will again like a pinball, bumpers lit,

Over chairs and sofa, between our legs fit.

Take heart, little rascal, time heals all wounds,

Arise with the dawn from your tiny gloom.

Regenerate and prowl your feline story,

A new year tomorrow promises glory.  

December 31, 2018

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