For those of us who are going to die alone, surrounded by cats.

Feline Haikus

The food in my bowl
Is old, and more to the point
Contains no tuna.
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So you want to play.
Will I claw at dancing string?
Your ankle is closer.
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There's no dignity
In being sick - which is why
I don't tell you where.
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Seeking solitude
I am locked in the closet.
For once I need you.
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Tiny can, dumped in
Plastic bowl. Presentation,
One star; service: none.
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Am I in your way?
You seem to have it backwards:
This pillow's taken.
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Your mouth is moving;
Up and down, emitting noise.
I've lost interest.
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The dog wags his tail,
Seeking approval. See mine?
Different message.
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My brain: walnut-sized.
Yours: largest among primates.
Yet, who leaves for work?
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Most problems can be
Ignored. The more difficult
Ones can be slept through.
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My affection is
conditional. Don't stand up,
It's your lap I love.
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I don't mind being
Teased, any more than you mind
A skin graft or two.
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So you call this thing
Your "cat carrier"? I call
These my "blades of death."
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Toy mice, dancing yarn
Meowing sounds. I'm convinced:
You're an idiot.

Train wreck?

 


It looks tragic, but looks can be deceiving. My friend Misty's AmeriCorps group got to take a first responder course--and apparently, they practiced on each other. 

Damn Extreme Makeover!

I thought I banned myself from watching this show. But sure enough, another Sunday rolls around and I'm sitting in bed in front of the TV watching damn Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This week, the family is a dad and three girls. The mom died a few months ago. Bam, tears.

Damn TV.

Onion Tears

When you're cutting onions, your eyes water. That's just the way it is. But somehow, those first tears break some invisible barrier that has been holding back all your real tears, and out they come one by one.

Things that make me cry:

1. Ice skating.
2. Animals in the shelter.
3. Extreme Makeover Home Edition (I must remember NEVER to watch this).
4. Old AT&T commercials (the one where the mom takes the daughter to college and gives her a phone card and the daughter calls the mom on her cell phone before she gets home and says "Just checking").

Please use in a sentence:

Today's word of the day:

deliquesce: to melt away or become liquid.

What a great word!

Gardenia Joy's Handy Woman Service

I'm a home owner! I'm busy with about two hundred improvement projects. See how I'm doing in my DIY blog: DIY or Die Trying.