My name is Aleksandra Nowacka, and I am seventeen years old and am trying to get back into writing. I used to write a lot of stories and poems when I was younger, but then stopped because I thought it was cringey. Writing brings me peace and comfort.

This is a poem that tackles the difficult subject of cats being abandoned by their owners and thrown out into the streets with some humour. Bartholomew is a cat that seeks shelter in a trash can after being abandoned by his owner. He is an ugly cat with human-like facial features and a wide smile, somewhat inspired by the cat from Alice in Wonderland.