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During the long
cold days
of January,
we attracted several cats, drawn
to free food
on the porch.
Two of them still visit
now and again,
but three
stayed.
Of these, my daughter
has named two, considering
them her personal property
(plainly, the child doesn’t
understand
cats).
The smallest, however, she left
unnamed, he so timid
that she’s given up
chasing him.
This one is my friend.
He watches for me, and
when I’m alone,
he follows me around.
He seems to recognize
a fellow shy soul.
I call him Littlefoot
because he has
tiny feet, dainty
like a very small
woman's.
He runs his petite feet
in front of mine
until I’m forced into
a stiff-legged
uneven shuffle in my attempt
not to step on him.
Like the rest of us,
he needs a little affection,
attention, the feeling that
someone
is happy he’s here.
Poor creature.
He doesn’t
understand
that in this hard, rushing world,
no one has time
to run gentle fingers
through long yellow
hair,
not even hair
as soft
as his.
cold days
of January,
we attracted several cats, drawn
to free food
on the porch.
Two of them still visit
now and again,
but three
stayed.
Of these, my daughter
has named two, considering
them her personal property
(plainly, the child doesn’t
understand
cats).
The smallest, however, she left
unnamed, he so timid
that she’s given up
chasing him.
This one is my friend.
He watches for me, and
when I’m alone,
he follows me around.
He seems to recognize
a fellow shy soul.
I call him Littlefoot
because he has
tiny feet, dainty
like a very small
woman's.
He runs his petite feet
in front of mine
until I’m forced into
a stiff-legged
uneven shuffle in my attempt
not to step on him.
Like the rest of us,
he needs a little affection,
attention, the feeling that
someone
is happy he’s here.
Poor creature.
He doesn’t
understand
that in this hard, rushing world,
no one has time
to run gentle fingers
through long yellow
hair,
not even hair
as soft
as his.
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That's so sad!!!