Mommy & Daddy
Mommy doesn't want us to hurt birdies, mice or other creatures, but sometimes we like to hunt. When we do, we have to "catch and release" so mommy won't get upset.
I'll tell you a big secret about my daddy, and that is he didn't used to like kitties at all! He had never even had one, so didn't realize how great we are! Mommy always loved kitties and started moving them in as soon as she could, and daddy changed his mind immediately after the first one came through the front door.
Almost. Turned their heater up to 86.
Ever see a fish sweat?
That's not all-
She ate the flowers off four African violets,
One, a Parson's Blessing I'd waited months
To see in bloom. Then she gave them back
Unchewed and largely unwilted
Beside my bowl of Cream of Wheat.
There's more-
She licked a new stick of butter,
Now striated with a hundred tiny barbs,
And dammed if she didn't turn around and lick
A whole sheet of 18 cent stamps.
I found the missing edge piece
From my Tolkien puzzle under the couch
The two little heads chewed off.
Late for my aerobic class, I grabbed
For the laces on my tennis shoes
Gnawed off at the first eyelet.
Yet here she sleeps in her kitten sleep,
Breath so bad from teething
That her yawn brings me gasping
From my sleep.
Why do I live with this?
She stretches, one paw aiming for my nose.
The answer from her slit green eyes is sure:
What else are people for
I pray you'll keep me on your lap.
I close my eyes and begin to dream,
of birds and fish, and a dish of cream.
If heaven calls me before I wake,
I pray the lord my soul to take
