To all the pets I’ve loved and fed,
Who scratched the couch and stole my bed.
Who chewed the shoes and chased their tails,
Who knocked down glasses and left odd smells.
You peed on things, you stole my snacks,
You puked grand in hard-to-clean cracks.
Yet still, you were my greatest joy
Each purring girl and barking boy.
This magical space is yours, dear pets
Now rest in peace no pain, no vets
May heaven have no thunder’s roar,
But endless fields where catnip grow.
We will wait till these flowers bloom
To catch the swarming butterflies, soon