Ten Haiku Motif (times 3) on Cats ©
For fifty four years
I have been a cat person
Just what does that mean
My cat expertise
Can be said in a few words
Where, when, what, and why
Where are you Hershey
Where are you hiding Chuckles
Where are you this time
Check under the desk
No, on the couch, try the bed
Dining room chair pad
Dammit you’ve been in
The bedroom every day so
Why the hell not now
I look here and there
Everywhere finally grab
Turn on laser light
Pounce on that moving
Light, where were you my kitty
You’re laughing at me
At last I give up
I will never know where to
Predict where you’ll be
Frustrated to the
Point of distraction but wait
You’re rubbing my leg
You jump up to my
Lap purring loudly turning
On you back for pets
I rub your stomach
You stretch and lean your head back
You purr, Purr, and PURRRR!
You are so loving
I can’t help loving you back
You and I relax
Luxuriate and
Absent-minded give you pets
Lick my arm, rub, OUCH
Grabbed my arm with claws
Extended digging then bite
But lightly no pain
I get it now it’s
A game I relax but now
Your ears are flatten
Bites and claws are more
Serious eyes dilated
I push you away
I cannot tell when
To reach out or to back off
Unpredictable
One moment you are
So loving so near so soft
So so inviting
The next moment you’re
Distant so independent
What to do to try
You get on my head
In bed and lick my hair it
Feels good doesn’t last
I know finally
We live together but I’m
Just tolerated
You allow me to
Live in YOUR house as long as
I can accept this
You give me so much
To love but I must always
Remember my place
You, my kitty, are
Sovereign, stubborn, and aloof
Fickle, filled with purrs
In the end you know
I am your servant not your
Master never that
I give you the run
Of the house I feed you and
Keep your toilet clean
I cater to your
Whims and I love you oh so much
Love me in return
It hurt so much my
Jelly Bean upon your death
I cried and I howled
Eighteen years Corpus
Christi, Fort Worth, Muskogee
End up Chicago
A long long journey
I miss you Jelly Bean more
Than any other
Inspired by prompt suggested by Francis