5 posts tagged “cat”

I came across this poem I haven't read in years and found myself loving it once again. Figured I'd post it up here for the sake of nothing but spreading it around some..

in other words

by charles bukowski

the Egyptians loved the cat

were entomed with it

instead of with the women

and never with the dog

but now

here

good people with

good eyes

are very few

yet fine cats

with great style

lounge about

in the alleys of

the universe.

about

our argument tonight

whatever it was

about

and

no matter how unhappy

it made us

feel

remember that

there is a

cat

somewhere

adjusting to the

space of itself

with a delightful

grace

in other words

magic persists

without us

no matter what

we may try to do

to spoil it.

So, it looks like Jack has found a little space that's all his own.

He's probably decided that he's tired of being surrounded by rats that he can't get at.

Our cat has a new hang-out

He's sitting on top of a bed standing on it's end. The bed is behind a cupboard that blocks off the extra room in our house to which we aren't allowed access. The landlord is keeping a load of stuff in there apparently (or possibly some skeletons, we don't know for sure).

I couldn't resist throwing this on here. That's some amount of cats!

Jack loves to perch on the back of my office chair and keep an eye on the rats.

If you look closely you can see that one of the rats is watching right back. I think it's Ratsy Cline, the mother. She has always been a bit more cautious of Jack than the other ones.

Jack watches the rats

Donn and Jack

I think this must be the closest I've felt to being a parent as of yet.

Our cat, Jack, is a bit of a strange one. He was born with an underdeveloped cerebellum, which means that he's the least co-ordinated cat I've ever known - he can have trouble walking in a straight line, and is liable to fall over at any moment. He's got one hell of a character though, and he's highly entertaining.

Anyway, as a result of his disability we decided that it was probably best to keep him in the house, for fear that he'd wander into our lane-way and just fall over at first sight of a car. So for the first year of his life, he's been a housebound cat. We take him outside when it's sunny but generally keep an eye on him.

Jack chilling in the grass

The last few weeks we've been letting him hang around outside on his own, and to our delight he's been coming back safely and not really venturing too far... until tonight.

So, this afternoon he meandered off and didn't reappear. We had a brief look around but couldn't find him (and he doesn't respond to being called at all). So we decided to just leave our doors open and hope he'd return. Hours went by and no sign of him and as sunset approached we went out around the fields and up and down our lane. Still no sign and our neighbours hadn't spotted him at all.

I was definitely left with a feeling of being a worried parent! As it got dark we called off the search and just left the back door open, feeling somewhat concerned.

At nearly 11pm he finally wandered back in and went straight for his food bowl! Relief. I feel much more comfortable about it now and figure he's going to be safe enough being out by himself. It's nice to hear him clattering around the house again, falling over and bouncing around.

Jack in the out-box