I cannot remember my cat Nelly,<\/p>\n
The sound of her mew,<\/p>\n
The sound of her purr.<\/p>\n
The feel of her fur against my skin.<\/p>\n
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I cannot remember her,<\/p>\n
But I can remember how she used to kill worms,<\/p>\n
And not mice,<\/p>\n
How she hid them under the rug,<\/p>\n
Not wanting us to find them.<\/p>\n
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I cannot remember my cat Nelly,<\/p>\n
But from the stories,<\/p>\n
She was a loving cat.<\/p>\n
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I cannot remember her,<\/p>\n
But I can remember,<\/p>\n
The times she struggled to walk,<\/p>\n
To eat,<\/p>\n
To be calm.<\/p>\n
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And the day\u2026<\/p>\n
She got put down,<\/p>\n
Out of her misery,<\/p>\n
Out of her pain,<\/p>\n
Out of our life.<\/p>\n
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I didn\u2019t believe it when I heard it,<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I cannot remember my cat Nelly, The sound of her mew, The sound of her purr. The feel of her fur against my skin. I cannot remember her, But I can remember how she used to kill worms, And not mice, How she hid them under the rug, Not wanting us to find them. … Continue reading When She Struggled to Walk<\/span>