Colour-Coded Babies Poem by Diana van den Berg

Colour-Coded Babies



I hadn’t noticed until
a couple of weeks ago,
just over eight months
after I became theirs,
that every colour
of my tortoise-shell kitty, Cleo,
is echoed, but in his own
miniature Doberman Pinscher arrangement,
in my puppy, Benji.

(23 September 2011)

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Diana van den Berg

Diana van den Berg

Durban, South Africa
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