As you may know, in addition to the dog, I have living with me a 22-year-old tabby. I say living with because I’m not naive enough to think Cally belongs to me. If anything the opposite is closer to the truth, after so many years I pretty much just give her what she wants at this point. She sleeps all day, waking only occasionally to gorge herself on food and drink. That’s the life for me. It’s always such an inspiration to meet your heroes.
I put this together last night while I was actually trying to write something else but someone had other ideas. This is a fairly regular occurrence usually just necessitating her being lifted up and positioned directly in front of her food dishes.
Once finishing the chicken flavored pieces she prefers though the dance will undoubtedly begin again. But she’s so old now that it seems pointless not to accede to her somewhat tiresome demands. Bring forth the chickeny bits!
This is Catch 22, April 15, 2018.
Desperate eyes never leave yours
Looks up at you from all fours
Cajoling taps upon your shin
Begs for you to please God begin
I dole out rubs at a languid pace
Annoyance shows upon her face
Her mewling cries echo quite loud
I at last rise as does she proud
That pestering borderline rude
Has earned another bowl of food.
Thankfully the dog is extremely grateful in performing clean up duty for the less delicious pieces Cally flings aside. Symbiosis indeed.
That’s all for me today folks. I must venture out of my igloo and earn my meager living. I’m trying to teach the dog to crochet but until that pans out…
-Alex Blaikie
dReadpoetssobriety
A fractured mind held together by cellophane and some used tack.
Cat’s will be cats the world over!
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Adorable! Well… I can’t not follow a blog with such a punny name. XD
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This is great Alex, as my best friends had their last cat for 20 years.
Thanks for liking my post.
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Lovely. 🙂 Greetings to you, your dog and your Catch 22. Happy life.
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I adore your writing! And I can relate to the way you weave prose with poetry to tell a story. My brain thinks that way too 😉
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Thank you so much for saying so. You’re amazing!
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I love my kitty, but you hit the nail on the head. Cats are very much wild. We just pet them, feed them, clean their boxes, and wait for any kind of affection they wanna give. hahaha I enjoy your writing!
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love the last two lines; my partner has an eight year old Burmese; I am learning about cats 🙂
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The ending was pretty funny. From my observations (and your post seems to prove it), I know that it’s the pets that teach the humans, not the other way around.
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So sweet! And absolutely true from my experience 😀
Thank you too for your ‘Follow’!!!!
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Thus was good. I like your humor.
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Thank you! All the best:)
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I can relate as we have a 17 year-old-cat. Great post and thank you for following BrewNSpew.
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My pleasure, thanks you very much. All the best!
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I understand. Our cat owned us for 18 years. She moved on to kitty heaven, (I think), last December
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Lovely and loving.
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So so good! I am so happy to get the pleasure of reading your posts!
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“It’s always such an inspiration to meet your heroes.” hahaha. 🙂
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Ain’t that the truth!
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Haha! I too want to be like my cat. They are quite something. I can especially relate to the “borderline rude pesterings”. Oy. Thanks for the follow!
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All too true.
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My gosh – 22 years?! Let me see, in cat years that’s… immortal?
Enjoyed the tale.
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She has 9(0) lives:)
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Love it!!! So glad we are connected!
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Thank you so much!
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When they get old enough, I figure they should get what they want. For that matter, I should get whatever I want to. But alas, no one is feeding me chicken tidbits.
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My thinking precisely! I’ll see what I can do about getting some chicken tidbits your way;)
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In the life of a cat, it is vital that any human sharing their space know their place. “Dogs look up to us, Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals.” Mark Twain
Thank you for choosing to follow one of our blogs.
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Ah, cats! To know them is to love them. Thanks for the follow!
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Thanks for the follow. I loved this post. The personalties of your 4 footed people show through.
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I have adopted a three month old shelter cat. I have always had dogs … no cats. She is teaching me instead of the other way around. Right now we are butting heads about getting on the kitchen table.She pays me no mind and I had to remove the chairs to another room. So we have a truce. She is of great comfort to me. Thanks for the great read. Looking forward to reading more. g
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Best of luck friend! She seems like a winner:)
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I’m very much enjoying your blog! I can vividly see your sweet cat and dog; I have some just the same! I love your name on here, any relation to Dead Poet’s Society by chance?
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Yes actually. Not only is it a fantastic film, Robin Williams was an amazing man. It’s meant directly as an homage to both. Interestingly, there is no possessive apostrophe in the film title. I suppose it must have been referring to them (Poets) as plural. I did consider adding one to my own name as theoretically I’m only one writer but since I’ve so many different voices in my head anyway plus it was meant as relatively on the surface allegory I decided not to include. I’ve been waiting so long to clarify that! Thank you so very much:)
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That’s fantastic! I’m glad I was able to ask so you could explain it all. 🙂 I do like that you chose to go without the apostrophe as well, it’s very fitting. That’s my all time favorite film, and while I did know there wasn’t an apostrophe, I’m sure I put one in while asking and hadn’t given it that much thought! So thank you for letting me learn and think about even more from that film. Robin Williams was definitely an amazing man, we were lucky to have had him in the world. (also, I’m now 2 1/2 years sober, so your blog name spoke to me on several levels!)
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Love this and the “cajoling taps upon your shin”.
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Hi Alex. Not a pet owner! But I am sure they are good company for some. Many thanks for liking “So Easy!” And wanting to follow my poetry adventures. Writing is my passion that keeps me sane and alive! Like all things Paranormal! UFO’s! Conspiracy theories! Observing this crazy violent virtual reality society! Great to meet yo.#TheFoureyedPoet.
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This post is very well done! I enjoyed it and it’s wonderful your pets enjoy you, too. 🙂
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Man,I love your sense of humor!
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Thanks so much!
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My cat sounds a lot like yours. I’ve often asked him, “Do you want to be petted, or would you like to eat? Because if you want to eat, you have to let me work.”
And he looks up with big, yellow eyes and sticks claws in my leg and his head under my hand.
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Sounds like a fine kitty!
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I lost my tortoise shell at 21. A feisty old kitty with claws not so pretty, but what she lacked in sociability around people’s houses , she more than made up for in her skill hunting mouses (Sorry, new to poetry ;>)
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Sounds like a fine furry companion!
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Haha. I enjoyed it. I wish my cat would hunt my mouses.
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Very nice … very interesting … must read more
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Thanks so much! Enjoy!
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Thanks for the follow! Nice poem.
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Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog and following! great poem and I love the story of your tabby. I look forward to reading more, but alas I’ve got to stop procrastinating and make my own living right now 🙂
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Haha thanks so much! Have fun!
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You summed up a cat very well! That’s why I have a dog. 🙂
Thanks for following, and best wishes.
Pete.
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Both is cool!
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Thanks for the follow; I hope you find plenty worth reading. Your tabby sounds amazing. Mine only made it to nineteen, but we loved her. Deaf and almost blind at the end. I miss her.
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Cally sounds like Pixie, the 6 year old tabby who ls a member of my family. I enjoyed your posts–all that I read
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She sounds wonderful! Thanks so much!
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i LOVE cats! continue…
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Loved it!! Very humorous, insightful and true!!!
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I love this, cats are so fiercely independent and focused on their needs, which centres around their human companion providing for those needs on demand 💛
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I am but a link in a very long chain:) thanks so much!
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