Something to gnaw
Something to eat
Something to gnaw
Somewhere to sleep
Most of our world
Inside this cage
Living our lives
In boxed-off space
Happy to come out
For cage-cleaning time
Happy to go back
To burrow and hide
Something to gnaw
Something to eat
Something to gnaw
Somewhere to sleep
~ Tamary Shoemaker
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(Response to an idea to write a poem from the point of view of a pet.)
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