Hi everyone,
Today’s Purrsday Poetry post comes from Linda Hutchison.
Happy Birthday
For Little Caesar
March 16, 1995 to 2008
On this day in March
in between
the Roman Ides
and the Irish songs
I sing Happy Birthday
to my cat
Little Caesar.
He is a year old today.
A tuxedo cat
¾ black with white
paws, chin, and chest
Jaunty.
I should have called him
Fred Astaire.
I put a candle in his
savoury duck and meat sauce;
he backs away.
I put a paper crown on his head;
he flips it off
grabs it with his paw.
Cats do not tolerate nonsense
if it frightens or humiliates them
only if it amuses them.
He is not amused.
He looks at me with
wide eyes as I
sing Happy Birthday.
He runs across the kitchen and jumps
on my big old cat. She hisses.
Later they will curl up together.
They do this routine every day now.
And every day I ask myself
Is this my routine now?
A middle-aged lady singing to her cats
on this day in March.
My singing has an echo, an echo of other days
not ominous
not gleeful
but somewhere in between.
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Thanks,
Marc
Such a darling kitty and a happy poem….loved it.
Jean
Thank you ^^
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Thank you ^^
Your Welcome
Singing to your cat is no stranger than talking to your cat — or answering them when they meow at you from across the room…
🙂 hehe
Astonishing poem, astounding cat 😀
Ciao
Sid
Thank you ^^
Great poem, like it very much..
Glad you liked it. 🙂
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Thank you ^^
We love that poem. Happy birthday, Little Caesar!
🙂
I sing lullabies to my Lena to settle and calm her as we turn out the light and prepare to sleep.
🙂
touching piece. <3
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Ta!
Happy birthday <3
🙂