Feline Friend

I'm writing a poem,

A dedication to my cat,

Who's extremely proud

& getting fat.

She's black & she's white,

With pink padded paw's

& when we cuddle,

She'll knead with her claws.

No longer a kitten,

But a feline of leisure,

Has funny odd moment's,

In my memory I treasure.

Awakes me at morning,

Sitting on the flat of my back,

Meowing politely for breakfast, 

A nice fishy snack.

A once nimble creature,

With really good balance,

Approaching her ninth life,

No longer swings

on the valance.

Sometimes she's hidden 

in the oddest of places,

It's just natural cat instinct 

to be so curious,

Then I'll playfully tease her

till she swishes her tail,

making her incessantly furious.

Irritations forgotten, 

she'll sit on my lap.

I tickle her chin 

and scratch her back,

To the soft mellow sound

of her purring.

Psycho Killer Cat

My human has lately become a little perturbed by my fellow feline and has begun to call him psycho killer cat.  What ever can she mean?  Surely she must know that as cat's we cannot tolerate such things as mice and rat's -  freaks out when we chase them round the garden, seems quite distressed with the squealing the little blighters make - we find it fun!  She caught Marsbar & I tossing one around the garden a few days ago, came out flapping her arms all about the place.  Fair play to him he wouldn't give up his plaything so easily, but humans are a lot bigger and holding onto him prising his mouth open to reluctantly let the poor creature go, still alive the vermin managed to run to safety.

The face of a psycho killer cat (butter wouldn't melt).

In the face of it, it is just natural instinct for cat's to find prey, it's in our blood.  The Egyptians thousands of years ago cottoned onto our hunting skills and used us to there advantage by domesticating us to save their crops from rats and mice, they even mummified us for the afterlife, we were seen as a symbol of grace and poise.  

Snooze time, till next time...

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Thoughts of a Meditator

Meditation for cats is vitally important, it helps us gather our thoughts, clear our minds, reflect on the oncoming day, and plan our tactics of our next hunting spree; don't you just love it when we leave all those body parts on your doorstep?

For a cat, the beginning of every day (including weekends) are our thoughts on breakfast; which is maybe why it's a good idea to lock us out of your bedrooms.   Yes we can be warm and furry, but if you want a full nights sleep, you will be up at the crack of dawn unless you shut us out.  My favourite tactic for awakening the dead is a bit of door banging for a prolonged period of time and have been known to keep this up for a couple of hours, that's unless I manage to open the door.  Of course it's every owners obligation to feed us, only with good cat food - purrlease!  Followed by our first constitutional of the day, whereupon we can be out (weather permitting) for a few minutes or a few hours.  In this first outing we do our rounds, marking our territory, spots of sunbathing, birdwatching, climbing, snake hunting, mouse catching, catching up with the locals (other cats), of course if it's raining it's a quick shit in a hedge & a dash back to the house without ruining the fur.

First stage

This first stage of meditation usually starts with a little yoga, some  positions are a little   unflattering but needs must, starting with a cat pose   leading to a more flattering pose the 'corpse pose'.

       

                                               Corpse Pose (Moi).

Second stage

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      ...momentary lapse in concentration but a good time to change sides...

Third stage

By now it's around 4pm, and shall begin pestering you for food, your legs are beautiful!

Thank you for taking the time to read my deep thoughts on meditation, until next time...