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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2001-12-23 05:21 PM

This holiday season adopt a stray lioness
do not leave a feline in distress;
since antiquity cats have been guardians, I confess,
yet they have fallen to disfavour nonetheless.

They were kept to guard manuscripts in the Far East
In the middle ages they were seen as lesser beasts;
they served to keep the rat population under control
as you know rats spread disease and took their toll.

In early America, ugly old ladies from society outcast
with these creatures, were seen to keep company fast;
ignorance in social circles soon infused
accused cats as helpers of withcraft abused.

Today, with a cat on my front porch
when an intruder enters, it lights a torch;
they know who is friendly and who disturbed
that way you can choose your company unperturbed.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (12-23-2001 05:23 PM).]

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-12-23 05:27 PM

I do love cats, but have 3 dogs...sigh the last one of the three is one that someone abandoned in the woods, and we found him and well, now, he is ours

I liked this a lot

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

2 posted 2001-12-23 05:37 PM

Cats were considered gods by the early civilizations....and they've never let us forget it!!!

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2001-12-23 05:53 PM

this is true Balladeer, but I kept this short
thanks for the reminder..I remember about Sekhmet, the keeper of the dead in Egyptian Mytholgy.

I too had more dogs than cats at one time,Sea, now it's the other away around.

Nate Dogg
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since 1999-11-15

Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton

4 posted 2001-12-23 07:50 PM

This is an intriguing write....very nice!

Nathan

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2001-12-23 08:09 PM

Though I've never had a dog, I have...at 2 separate times, had a cat.
I really like cats...they seem to have so much dignity and independance....kinda like me LOL

But for some reason, both of those cats liked to spray, even though we had them neutered at the right time.
The second one we had, liked to knock all of my plants over...he did it religiously...
and the first cat, used to pick my kids' underwear off the floor of their rooms and carry it down to the livingroom....

I also trained him to answer the phone.
Great poem, Martin.

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

6 posted 2001-12-23 08:37 PM

Ah, the mysterious feline ... much enjoyed your glimpse into the world of cats Ecrivan. I've had both dogs and cats, and loved them all. If I could have one hundred pets ... I would, no question. Thank you for the smiles.

Best wishes,
/Kit

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