Death Cat Poems

Scattered buttons on the floor
A cat named Buttons dying at my door

I think of what a button can do
Oh, Buttons the Cat, how I loved...

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the laws and codes
to take life
and move forward
after death called
dishonoring his beauty
my idols timecards
his tickets paid
pta debts and laughter
to be the father 
i look to...

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A wise mouse lived alone in a narrow hole he had dug 
in the soft soil in the backyard flank of a large house, ...

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The sun does arise, 
On the valley sweet, 
The birds & pups wise, 
Call our kits to meet. 
The hoots & hollers, 
Sound loud for...

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Cats are an intriguing tribe.
They celebrate making the choice.
When you hear them, you catch the vibe
at the height of their Heaviside voice.
With lively reveling, they...

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The dead woman’s cat in the furrows of the garden
does not let herself be picked up 
although hungry and thin after five days
with the dead...

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ANGEL OF DEATH 

He went to check 
up on the cat 
tripped over a 
crooked vine table
tried to get up
smashed its circular
glass in half 
moon...

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The machinery of life is too much
The tests, the numbers, the x-rays
You are the clown cat, Marshall, always making me smile
Your white fur, your polydactyl...

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“ MISS KITTY” - KNEW

My last week, knew you understood
I had come to my end.
I was sorta your husband’s cat,
but you … always my friend.

My...

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I’d rather walk into a quiet house 
Lone sweet kitty greeting me at the door
No hell raging from my fiery spouse
Lips spewing lunacy and hate...

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I cried looking in your 
Inquiring tear ridden eyes
Cradled your soft paw
last Breath released your
Soul floating way
Helpless my dear friend 
I can never imagine 
Why...

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The purple cat hides 
Under the dark rainbow bridge 
Looking for color...

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butterflies hover
because they can't crawl ~ but one
was trying to crawl
but it did not let it crawl
not let a butterfly crawl

what monstrosity
to let a fragile...

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Losing a pet is like losing a piece of your soul,
A faithful companion, now gone, leaving a hole,
In your heart that feels raw and empty,...

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Canon Beach Oregon 
Present Day

Silver rain wrapped her following fingers around Douglas Firs.
Ocean was the ballerina dancing.
Flash after flash she took pictures of nightfall landscapes...

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