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The Kitten And The Widowmaker

from Solitaire For Two by Tad Dreis

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Two tree trunks were standing
And holding another
Whose roots had been weakened
And could not stand itself

It lay there across them
In a kind of a cradle
And would have just fallen
Except for their help

And a kitten was crying
On the widowmaker
It could have climbed down
Just had to begin

So I reached up to it
My hands made a net
And slowly, to safety
It walked down that limb

And I held it to me
And I felt its heart
Beat like a bumblebee
Caught in a jar

And the kitten ran away
Back into the woods
No jingle of a collar
No calls to come home

And I leaned on the tree trunk
And smiled at its burden
It never could have gotten
That big on its own

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from Solitaire For Two, released January 1, 2003

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