‘Dogs have owners, cats have staff.’ You got that right!
Sometimes when she’s washing she’ll leave her wee tongue peeping out of her mouth, which really looks dumb!
Otis, I notice
Likes to be clean
But you’ll never see her
In a washing machine
She uses her tongue
To comb out her fur
It’s got brushy bits on
For getting out burrs
Sometimes when she’s washing
She’ll leave her wee tongue
Peeping out of her mouth
Which really looks dumb! Continue reading
The axis of evil…
Otis, I notice
Likes a good laugh
And acts like a kitten
When I’m in the bath
She crouches in secret
Awaiting her prey
And takes swipes at me
When I’m turned away Continue reading
I really want to touch you but you’re icky and sticky…
Otis, I notice
Is quite into bugs
She’ll chase after wetas
And follow the slugs
She’ll poke at their feelers
With tentative paws
And sniff at the slime trails
Crossing the floors
The wetas will poke back
With big spiny legs
And cling to her fur
Like ugly clothes pegs Continue reading
She watched as he slunk by, her eyes growing round…
Otis, I noticed
Was washing her paw
When Burma sneaked over
(The cat from next door)
She watched as he slunk by
Her eyes growing round
Her fur rose in hackles
She leapt to the ground Continue reading
In which Otis hunts for food, and finds the source…
Otis, I notice
Is lumbered with greed
She never has learned
That there’s time between feeds
She’ll sit round and meow
Like a beggar instead
And pretend to my friends
That she never gets fed Continue reading
And she also has stripes on one leg at the back… Otis, Queen of the house – apparently.
Otis was a friend that I lived with for 16 years. We moved many times, from the forest to beside the highways and many places in between, and she was always there, somewhere in the background, usually no more than 12 feet away from me. She wasn’t a lap cat, nor a smoochy cat, but we had a very special friendship and I miss her very much. I truly hope I see her again some day. This is the first installment of my 8-part tribute to her. Continue reading
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