Why have you now come to my side???
Why do you now hold me so tight???
Where is your new "friend" tonight???
You know...the one that you pine for
and write for, yet have not even met...

My Mommy gave me to you
well over ten years ago;
to help take care of you
after your Mommy
had died.

Ten long years
filled with nothing
but willful neglect...
and not even one
frickin’ jar of honey.

Ten long years sitting
alone with myself
watching you
split apart at the seams
from the dreams
you thought would finally
make your family
proud of you.

Ten long years
sitting alone
gathering dust
on a cluttered shelf
without even one
God-damned hug,
as you grew
further apart
from the person
she so sweetly
presented me to.

Now you whine and cry,
trying to hold on
to this "new" woman,
who possibly
(more like probably)
wouldn’t even like me
if we were ever
to meet her
snout-to-snout.

I watch you laying awake
nightly re-counting
the number of knotholes
in the ceiling,
afraid even to say her name,
yet each morning you clutch me
tightly, whispering it
into my ear
as your asthmatic
breathing slows,
and your drooping eyelids
finally close.

What about me???

I have needs and feelings too!!!

You never talk about taking ME out on the town...
You never cry when I am hurting and badly need you...
You never bring ME any fresh herring to snack on at night...
You never send ME any flowers when you start to miss ME...
or for that matter, are even willing to hold either one of MY paws...
(you remember--the ones you had de-clawed...ASSHOLE!).

You straighten my tie, stroke my fur
and sometimes, SOMETIMES will polish my eyes
thinking THAT will somehow make up for
ten long years of wanting to cry,
but not having anyone
who even would care if I did.

Bitter???
Me???
Just a touch baldy.

Hell, if I ever meet this Sunshine
person I’ll be sure to let
her know exactly how big
of a puhtz you really can be...