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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-02-20 02:45 AM

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
18 February 2011

Diana has two little lambs,
the fleece of the one that meows
is as tortoise-shell as
. . .er, well, tortoise-shells;
and the fleece of the one that barks
is as brown and black as
brown and black.

Thank you Flicka, Tigger and Daisy,
for the precious, beautiful fur-babies
you sent me.
You chose perfectly.
Cleo and Benji have my heart,
along with all of you, of course,
and I know that makes you
whinny, purr and bark joyously
for I see it daily
in your exquisite sky-art messages.

Owl

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2011-02-20 02:50 AM

I am happy, Diana, that you continue to share your heart with those who need it most. We can never stop giving ourselves to our animals - those of the past, present and future.

Love this as you knew I would.
Alison

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-02-20 04:23 AM

Thanks, Alison. I just needed to wait till Flicka, Tigger and Daisy found and sent me the right ones. Benji and Cleo give to me as much as I give to them and they know and love Flicka, Tigger and Daisy in spirit.

I got so caught up in thanking Flicka, Tigger and Daisy in the poem, that I forgot to add the part about "and everywhere that Diana went, Benji and Cleo were sure to go!" which was the inspiration of the poem in the first place! When people ask me if I lived/live alone (except of course for between 26 October 2010 and 31 December 2010) and I answered No, I have a cat/a dog and a cat, they would laugh. I don't mind them laughing, and I sort of see the humour, but find it sad that so few people really understand that NO I DON'T live alone - because I am infinitely less alone with my fur-babies than many people are with a householdful of people - and I know you understand that perfectly, with all your beautiful babies. Yes, it would be nice to have a man around, but if he isn't the right man, that can bring more loneliness than ever.

Owl

Bastet
Member

since 2010-05-07

Posts 246

3 posted 2011-02-20 04:39 AM

Tender, touching, rendered with a deep feeling for poetry. You have a lot of talent.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2011-02-20 04:45 AM

Thank you, Bastet, for your kind words. My babies are everything to me.

Owl

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-02-20 11:44 AM

I live alone (as they say) too, Diana with my "fur babies" and I never feel that I am alone. They need me and I need them.
Ida

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2011-02-20 02:59 PM

Thanks for your reply, Ida. Yes, what would the world be without fur babies?

Owl

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

7 posted 2011-02-20 02:59 PM

Aww this is very sweet Diana you're all lucky to have each other.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

8 posted 2011-02-20 03:27 PM

Very tender expression for your close animal companions.
Nicely done Diana.

Eric

in a relationship the me becomes we.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2011-02-20 05:46 PM

Thanks, Richy. I know all my animals currently on Earth or in Heaven, are/were very happy, and so I think they do/did feel lucky to have me, but I know that I am luckier than all of them put together.

Thanks, Eric. I adore all animals – yours, your next door neighbour’s and your cousin’s cousin’s animals. They are all so easy to get on with, even the ones who don’t trust humans for whatever reason.

Owl

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