Four Little Kittens

This is in regards to my pregnant cat's birth of her 4 kittens on 4/6/03

The Momma's water broke
while laying in her adopted human parent's bed.
We then tried to move her
But she promptly got up and hid under the bed.

My husband and I watched
While laying on the floor
In anticipation
of the birthing process
We knew from my own experience
What to expect
But we had never seen
An animal of that sort give birth.

I found it facinating
How she knows exactly what to do
When one by one they popped out
In their sacks.

Momma cat proceed to break the bag
And clean the young while she waited
For the next one to come.
She did not scream moan or cry
like humans.
She just laid there waiting
until the fourth one was out.

It was nice to see
That she hardly left a mess
After cleaning up the sacks
and all that came from the babies.

The things that we throw away,
They just re-digest
back into their system
Every now and again
She leaves blood droplets
But nothing to worry about,
Not like humans
whom leave pool's of blood everywhere.

The four kittens make eight cats/kittens
In our home
Although three are gray
I want to keep only two of the gray cats
I have too many black cats
So I am willing to give away
To a loving family.

They are so cute and tiny at the moment
As small as a hamster.
As cuddly as babies
of the human form

I wish I could hold them
but Momma gets mad
So I leave them in their dark corner
Underneath our dresser
Where momma cat keeps them
safe, warm, and out of sight
of the other cats out of fear
that they might hurt them.

For now and the next six to eight weeks,
They are all mine to watch grow-up
and become independent
from their momma.

I would go through this again
Because the whole process was wonderful
But my husband says 'No'
He is scared about what would happen
if no one wants the extra cats
making us stuck with them.
We are already considered
one of the cat family's
in our small town.
We really don't need anymore.
Not now, not yet.