This is Just to Say
I am known among friends
As Miss Daisy - this I offer
As evidence of my funereal
Demeanour behind the wheel.
I am blessed with knife-edge
Nerves and an eagle-eyed
Omniscience. I dry clean underwear
And have no place in my heart
For whimsy or Liberals.
This is just to say that
Your cat died swiftly
And with a shriek of dignity.
If only my dislike of animals
Had not dulled these senses.