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dingusjr
Member

since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

0 posted 2003-12-12 04:14 PM

Just a soft yellow blur bolting
Under the porch when you saw us.
We couldn't touch or hold or pet.
But we tried to help.

We gave you food.
Built a little bed.
You were a sorry looking
Large eyed thing.
And we tried to help.

Tried to keep you warm
Tried to give you love.
Finally got a trap..
Fooled you with food.
We tried to help.

Took you to the Vet
Said there was no hope
You were so sick
And we tried to help.

Hell,
You didn't even have a name
And I miss you.

[This message has been edited by dingusjr (12-12-2003 04:14 PM).]

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 2003-12-12 04:24 PM

I had much the same thing happen a few years ago... and I miss him still.
And now I'm hanging onto a last few hours with a little cat born into my hands from a mother I'd tamed from feral... you can't know how deeply this touches... or how it helps knowing they capture other hearts just as completely.

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

2 posted 2003-12-12 05:15 PM

I have a kitty by the name of Bright Eyes and she loves to sit in the window as all kittys do. Last winter I heard, outside in the cold deep snow,a mournful cry, such distress I did hear.
I looked out the window and this big kitty cat was looking at mine with a hungrey cry.
I put a dish of food out for him/her. Then just stood in the doorway. He braved the steps for the food. He was big with long matted hair and one eye missing and a chewed ear. I fed him all winter then he disappeared. I have often thought of him and wondered how he is.
Good one about the kitty.
Bon-Bon

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

3 posted 2003-12-13 09:34 AM

This is just excellent, my friend. Knowing you and Linda as I do, I can just see you doing this. You really showed yourself in this one.

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passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-12-13 02:22 PM

I have two stray cats around my house. I began to feed them, but still they are scared to come close. The female is pregnant and she lets me pet her while she's eating, but not for long.

I've gotten both the cats in pretty good shape as far as their weight gain. It's a good feeling.

Sorry to hear about your cat...that's so sad

Aimster
Member Elite

since 2000-02-19

Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC

5 posted 2003-12-13 09:28 PM

this shows what a sweet and tender
heart you have, i'm so sorry for your
loss, and though no the cat may not have
had a name, he/she at least had love and
a home, if only for a little while, thanks
to you. i'm so sorry for your loss.
take care
amy

"love is like a butterfly--
if you chase it,
it will surely fly away,instead
hold it close and watch it grow into
something beautiful"
~me~

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