Monday, May 14, 2007

For an Elderly cat, in Winter

"I want him to have another living summer,
to lie in the sun and enjoy the 'douceur de vivre'
because the sun, like golden rum in a rummer,
is what makes an idle cat 'un tout petit peu livre'-


I want him to lie stretched out, contented,
revelling in the heat, his fur all dry and warm,
an Old Age Pensioner retired, resented
by no one, and happinesses in a bee like swarm


to settle on him-postponed for another season
that last dreaded journey to the vet
from which there is no return (and age the reason),
which must soon come-as I cannot forget."

Author Unknown

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