It’s hoodie weather. Finally! (I’m a t-shirt guy, but a t-shirt without a hoodie is like tights without a cape, you know?) Anyway, as I sat hoodied and warm in my armchair this morning, an afghan draped across my legs (knitted, not human),
our little cat decided to curl up next to me. I offered rubs, and then continued to work on my Very Significant Project. Until she began to purr. At which point I got melty and had to stop to write this sentimental bit of fluff:
O, the sound
of a satisfied cat
Was ever a music
more perfect than that?
I know: Cat poem? This probably means I’ll have to turn in my Serious Writer card, not to mention my Hemingway Club certificate. But, hey, I never attended the meetings, and they always spelled my name wrong, anyway. Now on with the day.
Wait, the cat’s in my lap now.
Still LOL. you blessed my day with mirth and warm fuzzies, Mitch.
A man with a soft spot for kitties is a fine human being.
We give doggie belly rubs in our home, though cat purrs are fondly remembered. 🐶🐱
Yep, I’m an equal opportunity petter too.
“Felis Catus/is your taxonomic nomenclature…” – “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (various episodes)
Ah, yeah, Felix the Cat, I remember him. But I don’t remember him takin’ no taxi to no place called Nomenclater. ;>) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YJduDyFA4
You can keep your Hemingway club card. When I visited Florida I learned he had a pet cat with six toes and there are still descendants of this cat at the Hemingway museum. He’d love your poem as do I!
Aww, thanks! He said in a deep manly voice, while cleaning his hunting rifle.
Okay you made me lol again just stop.
🙂
I love this it shows your humanness and we can all connect with that. Thanks for being brave enough to share it!
Better than a cat video. The rebellion against YouTube begins!
;>)
Very cute poem. I really like the part where you said you “got all meltie”. 🙂
Hooray for the Cat!!
purrrrrr-fect! 🙂
The Hemingway Club wouldn’t drop you. He loved cats.
So I can be manly and like kitties at the same time? Yay! he said in a deep, masculine voice.
Reading this in July 2018, temps unusually high of another 109, your cat poem is “cool” 😊
Happy to provide a little (mental) cool weather, Denise.