Thank you to Duane Vorhees for publishing this poem 
on Duane's PoeTree.

https://duanespoetree.blogspot.com/search/label/Linda%20Imbler

Burying My Cat

The storm raged and left,

so the forest ground is soft.

I imagine all the bones

to be found in five year’s time.

But, I always knew

he did not want to be dead,

and as his meows

echo through the air,

I am called to follow

him to our mutual end.