For Aunt Fanny

 My roommate Leah's parents have a cat

Named Aunt Fanny.

Actually her full names is Frances Abbigail Billingsworth

But that seems like a large name for such a small and anxious cat

And Aunt Fanny is anxious

Like scared of people, furniture, and the wind.

Like scared of things that move and things that are still.

Like resting heart rate of 200. 

Is that fast for a cat? Whatever cat's heart rates are, hers is faster.

Aunt Fanny is a rescue and they don't know exactly where she came from, 

Or the sights her tired eyes have seen,

But they know how to love her now

She has three soft beds

And eats gourmet organic cat foods

That need to be refrigerated

She has more toys then I had as a kid and

She never gets kicked out of the house for vomiting

(Not that I was ever kicked out of the house for vomiting)

She has humans who keep her warm

And keep the coyotes out

Even if those humans

Did name her

Aunt Fanny