An Ode to Our Cats....Hank and me
In this two part post, I write about the love of cats. I know, I know! You either hate 'em or love 'em. Both camps are die-hards. You can't live with one or you can't live without one, or two, or three! For all of Charles Bukowski's hard living, boozing, philandering, drunken brawls and genius writing, he was a complete softie when it came to cats....even cats that weren't his own. He inspired me to write this ode to my dear old Shadow who died and to my new cat, 'Wild Thang'. In part two I feature his poetry about his cats.
An Ode to our Cats….Hank and me
she was a feral kitten in the back alley
hiding under the deck
she crept out one day while I sat in the
sun, reading and
the first time I picked Shadow up
she shit all over me, so afraid
she was of any human
Next time, she didn’t shit on me and
slowly we became friends
for the next sixteen years
she was one hundred and twelve
when she died
Now I have a new cat
on some days she is called Fiona
when she decides to be a lady
but on other days, she’s called Wild Thang (her secret name)
or Monkey as she loves to climb up high
she answers to all three
She joined our family at age twelve weeks
now eight months later, she thinks
she’s a dog but with the wisdom of a cat
her family is me and two golden retrievers
she does as they do
She comes when I call her or them
she follows them when they move through
the house
When the dogs are taking a nap
and are not paying attention, she walks by
nonchalantly, you know the way cats do
and then she plops her body down on their faces
the dogs suffer her with great patience
She has golden green eyes and a mask on her face
good thing too, because she's a bit of a bandit
she talks to me and I find myself answering her
she has the spirit of her ancestors, the Abyssinians
inquisitive, loyal, funny, and loving
© by Trisha Sugarek
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Don't miss Part II of An Ode to Cats....Hank and Me (Thursday 9/26)
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