at a pet clinic
the construction worker
coos in baby talk
Tag: pets
1146
my pets are indoors
outside in the night
shadows of strays
833
sermon’s on unity
I leave early
cats miss me
795
by the car park
of a megapetstore–
wild ducks
747
special yummies
for my cats– a box
of fluttering moths
611
I visit friends
their dogs sniff
my cats long distance
Poop 5/18/15
when we bag their poop
right away they poop some more
happy to oblige
Tears 4/27/15
unexpected tears
about giving up a cat
problem child needs love
Ode to Kitties
Cats in cupboards
Or refrigerators
Or under my feet
Or licking old paint
Or in the sink
Or simultaneously
All these things.
(For Linda Hawkes)
Cold Day Haiku
In a living room
Armistice my cats share
Radiating heat.
Office Dogs
I crack a drawer of doggy treat stash
And kibble klatchers cease chasing balls
Then stampede into my area en masse,
Ricocheting off the cubicle walls.
Brad protects us from UPS deliveries
Silly Ruckus is just how his name sounds
Gus likes to squeeze between my knees
Poppy’s a pro on biscuit begging rounds.
Mila’s part seagull, vocal and skittish,
Lily is content to tailgate Poppy around,
Old Pete is reserved and maybe British,
Puppy Kia runs paper clips to ground.
Pure adoration with no gripes nor lies
Drips from tongues hanging like pink neckties.
The Unforgiving
I confuse names of my grown
Children with those of the cats.
They notice their faces
On my mantlepiece replaced
With portraits of the kitties.
Once I offered my offspring
Meow Mix for a snack.
Some in this life, I explain,
Absorb love and give it back.
And others choose not to.
