With apologies [and a smile] to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
With thanks and blessings to Flowergirl77, who impressed this as a remark to her Pootie diary again on March 2, and to fromberkeleytocville, who uploaded the great lede pic [could be my Emily when she was younger. That wonderful face, and oh lord that adorable little black paw!]
Lyrics mine. I felt the necessity to share one thing that made me smile, one thing a bit lighter given these darkish days.
The Box Cat
I’m only a pootie
But my story’s typically informed
You demolished my resistance
With an empty cardboard field
Just put it anyplace.
On a stair,
In the lounge or eating room,
Behind your favourite chair,
Purr purr purr…
When I left my mommy kitty
I used to be only a tiny stray
In an enormous and scary metropolis
With no quiet place to cover and at all times
Running scared,
Slinking low
Seeking out the scraggly bushes
Where the alley kitties go,
Learning kitty swearing
Only they need to know.
Meow meow meow,
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow,
Meow meow meow
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow
Momma feed me now!
Asking just for some kibble I went on the lookout for a home
But I obtained no affords
Just some dumpster diving classes within the alleyways
I do declare
If you hang around close to the eating places
There’s respectable pickings there,
purr purr purr…
Meow meow meow,
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow,
Meow meow meow
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow
Momma feed me now!
I used to be laying within the daylight pondering quickly it will be gone
All alone
Then a kindly quiet person began feeding me,
Needing mee-eee
For her personal…
See the kitty within the field right here
Once a fighter by his commerce
Now abandoning the mem’ries
Of different fingers that stroked his fur
Then left him as he cried out
“Does this at all times have to finish?”
Now the kitty has a person
And he is her endlessly pal,
Purr purr purr
Meow meow meow,
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow,
Meow meow meow
Meow me-ow me-ow me-ow
Me me me me-ow…
[und so weiter]
I appear to be fairly nicely again on my ft once more, which suggests I’m working round a bit greater than I did for a number of years prior [yes, gasp, years]. And *that* means I’ll solely be right here sporadically. But I’ll verify in as typically as time and schedule insanity allow. Thanks to any and all who learn and revel in.
Edit in: Oh my gosh, I didn’t count on to see this on Trending. Thank you a lot!
Amerikanska Korotkoshersta — American Shorthair. Whoever the artist was for these stamps, I thank them with all my coronary heart for the wonder they introduced into the world.
