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That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - FrankGSterleJr - 12-30-2015 That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something If only I had something new, she thought, something adventurous to do, like when the fields grew tall, fields from which wild fowl fed and flew; she, feline feisty and precious, needed something or to climb the wall. She walked over to the window pane and looked out to the neighbouring homes to where she hoped to find something —something new, beyond the back lane, rocky road, where she’d often roam, to where her eyes would be wandering. And when her attention was caught by the towering shingled roof sheltering the large corner store, she at once decided she ought to climb to its black peak as proof of her worth to those who did her adore. Through the yards one-by-one she went, glancing around this-and-that corner, over-then-under fences tall till she stood at the wall she’d meant to conquer, as a foreigner, without any fear that she’d fall. She looked to the two garbage cans leaning against the wooden shed, right next to the store that was so pink; up she jumped, her feet and hands reached the top by but a thread, of no better place could she think. Having achieved her noteworthy climb, she gazed over to the swaying trees, unaware that her hostess stood near; at the bus stop, as passed the time, the woman looked up, into the breeze, and saw her pet feline who knew no fear. Thus the feline had done something new and not seeing her hostess’s stare, she returned home fulfilled and content, for from this day excitement she drew and she thought again she’d climb and dare those high places worthy of her scent. Frank Sterle Jr That Black Cat, She Invaded His Dreams - FrankGSterleJr - 12-30-2015 That Black Cat, She Invaded His Dreams She laid by his bared feet at the foot of his bed though in his dream they’d meet which they did in his head. For this sleek black feline she’d been in there before, such she’d never decline as that cat he’d adore. A myth it couldn’t be that her claws touched his toes, as the dreaming did he was about that she knows. The dream she boldly caught that night she did invade was the dream she had sought, the dream she’d long delayed. Within, she placed her claws upon his sleep-bound feet, all performed with no flaws then and there they did meet. Though not feeling abused by prickling on his toes, he still looked down confused at each five toes, two rows. Naught of her did he find in his dream created though back to wakened mind he saw her and stated: ‘Mimi! It’s you—you rascal!’ yet he still adored her while finding comical her response, a smooth ‘murr’. From the thick mattress down she landed, without woes, as he said, ‘You little clown— you leave alone my toes.’ Thought she, ‘Again we’ll meet as you dream fast asleep when the toes on your feet from my paws you can’t keep.’ Frank Sterle Jr RE: That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - Catherine - 12-30-2015 I like this cat. She has her own secret comings and goings. Even at night she has her own secret games. That is the charm and beauty of cats. They have their own things that they do for their own reasons and we never fully understand them. RE: That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - Ruth - 01-01-2016 I love cats. I can't have one because of having birds. I would be scared to death all the time for my birds! But I have had many in my life. RE: That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - Catherine - 01-02-2016 Right now I don't have a cat, but I have lived with different cats over the years. The cats in my life now are all lovely creatures and we have our own particular friendships. (I do a little cat sitting for friends). RE: That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - Ruth - 01-07-2016 I think it's great you cat sit and that they have you sit with their cats. Some people leave their animals all alone and that's not good for them unless it's not a long time, of course. RE: That Young, Black Cat—She Needed Something - Catherine - 01-07-2016 Unless you are only gone over night, you really need a pet sitter. Zooey knows I am coming over when they go away so she is quite relaxed. We both have out routines and we are used to each other. They have gone for as long as a month and Zooey has been fine. I do spend more time there if they are gone that long. They pay me enough to help me feed my own animals. If they are gone in the summer I also water the garden. I have other neighbours with cats that I have looked after and of course the bunny boards with me a few times a year. Zooey and I are good friends. |