1.  GOD must have been smiling the while He populated empty earth in kind preparation for: “  Adam, meet Cat.  “ - 2.  He gave his love to me from the first moments of life his mother’s too early demise linking his fate to mine. - 3.  Proper cat etiquette seemed inbred in him from youth a fierce warrior’s soul measured in ounces, I named him Turk.  - 4. This life we share with cat: we’re just animated clay, our shared fate is to be returned to dust, love taught to trust. - 5. Independent of age moves my yellow-furred tom cat with agile grace enough to loan to mine a higher place. - 6. The sky is colored lead the clouds are chunks of cement but indoors the lightness of joy gives place Gingerbread cat. - 7. Spice of life, never dull, a fluff of amber and fur, borrowed doorway to imagination: Turk strides indoors - 8. Counting down the moments settling in new year’s moments rest between babbles and pine scents I mimic Cat. - 9.  A good book on my mind my yellow cat on my lap snuggled together in goose down repose time tiptoes by! - 10.  Soon we’ll be wakening to dawn’s daylight odyssey, I push aside cat’s plaintive call to rise embrace the dark  - 11.  With turkey leftovers I warm hours left behind in the house and life I gladly share with my three pets. - 12.  The cold of snow can’t dim that warmth of his playful storms! So many places to be at once cat dynamo - 13.  Old dog is patient but Tasha is so excited! Her toys never used to move by themselves or have a tail! - 14.  Winter’s chill can not touch the places warmed by cider, exotic scents of anticipation wait out-of-doors. - 15.  Heaven’s higher truths taught quiet creature comforts Let the wind’s howl behind cold glass I am at peace.

16.  As Turk eyes the new fish I watch in trepidation my fears are for naught, he just wants a drink from Joseph’s bowl! - 17.  There’s no darkness with love His belly full of warmed milk Turk’s love lights up the long night hours at least he sleeps! - 18   My legs have gone to sleep Tasha’s head rests on my feet and Old dog is snuggled against my thigh so here I sit. - 19.  Could I request a boon from my Creator I know, my first and foremost request would be “  Make me as Turk!  “ -   20.  In the quiet places I bow my head in prayer while kitten’s paws skittering in the hallway remind me why. - 21.  Lean, gold feline machine ageless warrior wrapped in fur plays with shadows as with slashing swords in shadows stark. - 22.  Eyes watching from within seeing with no sin my soul’s companion will not tell snuck candy bars! - 23.  Less idle than Noble, storing energy in wait, to seize the moment inconveniently at my ankles! - 24.   Eyelashes bat as coy breath as soft as babies a panther lurks, wrapped in gold fur Turk is at rest. - 25   It’s a point of honor. to pretend not to see me. so new to our household, little Shiloh finds his own place. - 26.   Sunlight moves in ripples muscle and sinew unite soul of a Snow Tiger, wrapped in honor, joy in passage. - 27.   ‘The Cat’s Meow’: ‘The best!’ a saying from times past mine brushes my skin, and recaptures my mind reminding why - 28.  Like the wind in passage Contracted muscles expand, snuggles in the darkness to comfort me , the wind lies still. - 29.   Movement catches my eye a spider on the wall creeps, ultimate web master weaves from the dark bug hunter’s taunt. - 30.   Majesty and fur mixed peacefulness personified till motionless cat’s fancy seizes on a tail to chase. - 31.   The breeze through the window alerts me to the sparrow Whose bright eyes ask ‘Can Turk come out and play? ‘ He’s not at home.

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