I
talked a little about Mishima, one of my cats the other day..
October 26th -
For those of you into the shaving scene.. Tomorrow at noon.. Friday Oct. 27th I'm going to have a little shear and shave in my bathroom.
I'm excited and a little nervous. I will probably need Wolfe to help me with some parts... I think doing the back of my head alone would be a little too challenging.
I
talked a little about Mishima, one of my cats the other day..
He's getting to be an old man now, not that you would ever know it. At 13, he's still lithe and spry. I adopted him from the local shelter all those years ago. I had been looking for a cat just like him. I pretty sure he's a pure bred oriental shorthair. He has that ultra sleek Siamese build, pointy nose, big pointy ears.. oval paws.. long tail. He's totally black, and he has enormous slanted green eyes. He's my prince. He's a real show off.. and I swear if he was a human being, he would be a 6 foot 5 black drag queen with an attitude and a bit of a belly. He's also a mother hen, and likes to take care of everyone.. though in a bit of a bossy fashion. Never was there more suitable a familiar...
Then
two years later, there came Nezumi Neko.. (japanese for 'rat cat') and
she's been part of my family for 11 years now.
She's a very noisy cat. Also from the shelter. She's half Siamese. She has the oriental build, but she's mostly black, with little flecks of gold and red here and there.. like someone has taken a small paintbrush to her, a very dark tortoise shell. With yellow eyes. And, the Siamese voice, which she likes to exercise with great frequency.
She has a bit of an attitude too.. mind you, don't all cats?
Nezumi
Neko
Your
name means Rat Cat in Japanese
it
suits you well, though it may as well have been brat cat…
Mewling,
begging, tender piteous screeling seduction
jet
black shining coat
flecked
and bespeckled with tiny flecks of golden and red
tortoise
shell
tortoise
shell
matching
eyes of golden yellow
like
old faded oak leaves at Autumn’s end
slit
with shiny pupils tracking my fingers
click
clacking on the keyboard.
Waiting
for a break in the rhythm
an
opening for the leap
to
my lap
With
effortless grace your arrival between my busy fingers is barely noted
The
deep rumbling of happy satisfaction fills your small warm body
as
you try to find just the right spot to settle
your
tail wraps around my wrist
You
hazard a raspy sandpaper kiss
and
a cold wet nose presses the crook of my elbow
Do
you know
that
you have finally managed to make your way past my fingertips
and
into the electronic kingdom
that will transport you to a paper land?
I wrote that one years ago.. Zuzu.. as she is most usually and affectionately called.. likes to sit with me while I'm on the computer. Though now that the computer is up in the loft, and we have the steel ladder going up. Well, cats seem to have a very strong aversion to walking on slippery metal surfaces. They won't climb the ladder.
Nezumi
Neko
Hello
Kitty, in my lap
For pause and cat nap.
Kitty haiku.. :)
Okay.. enough cat poetry. And enough Journal for today.. going out for a late lunch with my ex today.. the lovely V. We're still good friends her and I, though I haven't seen much of her lately, sadly. Lots of catching up to do!... and then to some second hand shopping at Value Village together! yay!
XO
Katt
