Thursday, April 3, 2014

caterwail

No, it's not a typo.

It's how I'm feeling.

A young friend's father recently died, leaving a quartet of devoted children & two cats who don't understand that their universe has been torn asunder.

My young friend is in charge of finding a place for the cats.  My heart is with them.  The center of their universe is no longer, suddenly gone without a last rub of the head, a last skritch behind the ears or at the base of the tail, a last entwining of a tail around his trouser leg.  Gone.

And now someone, devoted to their beloved & to them, looks for the best thing to pass for a best solution.  Which will probably mean separating the long-time companions, will probably mean new lives with humans having no knowledge of the glorious life they quietly led with a man who loved them & who they loved back.  

Dear cats, you are forever in my heart, broken as it is for you.  

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