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kaile
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0 posted 2000-12-14 10:42 AM


if people are cats,
i wonder just how many
are trusting enough
to sleep on my lap

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Munda
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1 posted 2000-12-14 10:47 AM


Oh...I'll sleep on your lap kaile, but becareful.. I have sharp claws.   Once again you said a lot with very few words. Loved it.
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2 posted 2000-12-14 11:13 AM


I like the piece but will resist the obvious temptation to respond to the content...  < !signature-->

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost



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brian madden
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3 posted 2000-12-14 05:03 PM


good question... beware of cats they will stab you in the back and leave you face down in a pile of kitty litter.. I will shut up now.

"an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree
the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women".
Patti Smith

ellie LeJeune
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4 posted 2000-12-14 06:16 PM


Purrrfectly lovely.
kaile
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5 posted 2000-12-15 01:02 AM


yes Munda, cats are wonderful but i am still scared of their sharp claws and gosh they like to scratch so....

pegasus...gosh you make it seem like i am flirting with you guys..like daring you all to sleep on my lap...NO, No, im not such a person LOL

thanx for the amusing reply, brian...

thanx ellie

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6 posted 2000-12-15 03:46 PM


This was great!
Oh, and i'd rather be stabbed in the back by a cat than be bitten in the balls by a dog.

Anyway! Good one!



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Romy
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7 posted 2000-12-15 07:41 PM


probably lots Kaile...if you have cat-nip in your pockets!
Very nice job on your own challenge!

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8 posted 2000-12-15 07:51 PM


LOL

Life has got to chnage,
Nothing stays the same,
Soon it will be time,
For me to move on.


shira
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9 posted 2000-12-15 10:41 PM


What an interesting question.. and I found myself thinking of whether I had an answer to it! Nice short poem.
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10 posted 2000-12-16 11:20 AM


Well, there are all sorts of people, and all sorts of cats.  Could be that some would sleep on anyone's lap, some would have to get to know you first, and some would never trust anyone.  Nice question.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

kaile
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11 posted 2000-12-22 10:52 AM


your reply just made me smile,Dopey...bitten in the balls? what a reply!!  

probably, we human beings love to be bribed, dont we? debbie...  

im glad this brought you a chuckle, maria  

shira, i will be glad if you will share your thoughts here...so whats was your answer as you read this poem...  

kcs, of course...i wonder why i regarded all cats as friendly when i wrote this piece...

thanx all  



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kaile
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12 posted 2000-12-22 11:03 AM


oh,i will be grateful if more people would attempt this challenge...heres another thought..

if people are cats,
i will be a skinny starved tabby,
for though cats fancy catnip,
i cant imagine myself eating THAT

if people are cats,
i will be a skinny starved tabby,
for my stamina isnt in good condition
mice grin and birds chuckle
as they escape from me
and witness me collapsing, breathless

if people are cats,
i will be a self assured tabby
for people would see me as gorgeous
as skinny people are


Dennis L. White
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13 posted 2000-12-22 01:07 PM


Kaile,
  Interesting challenge!

If cats are people
would people be cats?
would they scratch the furniture?
and lick themselves clean?

They are already so distant,
in a world of their own,
If people were cats,
this world might be a better place,
with a new species,
controlling this place,
more humane for sure!  

Pardon my ramblings!
Dennis :^)

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14 posted 2001-12-05 10:07 AM


Kaile, trust, like respect, must be earned. If someone trusts you enough to lean upon you, they'll also know that you'll be there to catch them when you fall. If there's one person who trusts you that much, I think it doesn't matter how many are there, coz there is that 1.  

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15 posted 2002-07-27 10:29 AM


I've never known a cat trusting enough to sleep on anyone's lap. Then again, all the cats I know seem to take after me... Hmmph.

written in blood before everything went black

JCV

Yu Lan
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16 posted 2002-11-24 12:43 PM


This is gorgeous.. Okok, lemme try..

If people were cats
who'd feed us? Who'd love us?
There'd be no lap to sleep on
and no-one to comfort -
what dreary living
feline people would make!


umm...

Luv, Lynne

It's nice to share - kiss someone when you have a cold.

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17 posted 2002-11-24 08:12 AM


LOL, I never read this thread before.
If people were cats,
would dogs still be called
man's best friend?
If people were cats,
does that mean
more of us
would meow on fences
and hiss evertime
we were pissed off?
If more of us were cats,
I'd have to share
my catnip stash!
Meow!!
Of course I'd be
one of those foolish
trusting furballs,
so yes,
I'd probably curl up
for a nap.

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