You once were small
Crying in your cage
With fuzzy fur
And little eyes

You were so timid
Biting a glove
And a spoon
But I loved you anyways

We thought you were a boy
But a girl we found
So I named you
Lieutenant Saavik

You had a white stripe
With a brownish ‘L’
And I kissed you
On that ‘L’

Then you were puffy
And fat
With two eyes
Always sparkling

Then you grew old
Earning the name
Little ‘Jistafoof’
Thus you died
My little Saavik