MY NINE LIVES!

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NEW PROMPT: "They" say that cats have nine lives. But are cats the only creatures with nine lives? Write a story or poem about some animal other than a cat which has, or had, nine lives.

MY NINE LIVES!!

I once was really, really sick; they said that I would die
but they did not know WHO they had; I knew that I would fly
right off that surgery table, bounce right back to my room!;
I couldn't take the naysayers; couldn't stand their gloom!!
I'd tried to blow my bladder up, but I did not succeed!
That's not a "fun" experience I ever will repeat!
It happened quite by accident--I really didn"tTRY
and now that I've lived through it, I THINK I HAVE NINE LIVES!!