Bad luck cat

I named my Passaic cat

Dudley after

Dudley Do-Right

Because he always
did everything wrong,

A feline so prone to
misfortune

I figured if I gave

Him a good name

He might live up to it,

Pumping up his kitty-ego

So as to keep him from harm,

Filling him up

With exaggerations so outrageous

He might even take it to heart,

He finally taking that last

Misstep we all must

His the bubble of his kitty ego

Bursting even my most

Ostentatious complements

Could not mend

Or make him believe he

Was anything other

Than the bad luck cat he was,
a cat I learned to love

Despite his ill luck.