Hirundo Domestica was the name of a cat I once knew
Though he answered to it seldom. His owner thought
It sounded rather Japanese and imagined her cat
Wearing elaborate kimonos while writing extremely short
But meaningful poems or else pursuing a vocation
For sumo wrestling. The cat, though, classically educated,
Knew his name was Latin for "barn swallow."
Barn swallows are the national bird of Estonia
In heraldry they signify landless younger sons.
In these facts the cat found no comfort whatsoever.
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