deep green eyes
\nregard me
\npatiently wondering
\nif I am really as dumb as I look<\/p>\n
At least that’s my view
\nof our relationship:
\nyou understand me;
\nI am not able
\nto return the favour<\/p>\n
I haven’t a clue
\nwhat turning in soft circles
\non the chair next to mine
\nreally means<\/p>\n
and when you purr
\nlong into the night
\non the pillow near my ear
\nam I supposed to know
\nwhat that means?<\/p>\n
I clean the litter But what does it all mean?<\/p>\n Speculation: Can you read my mind? deep green eyes regard me patiently wondering if I am really as dumb as I look At least that’s my view<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nput out food and water
\nstroke your forehead
\n(that<\/em> I know you like)
\nand generally pay attention<\/p>\n
\nyou are part of an advanced team
\nof members of a super contemplative
\ncivilization which has taught
\nbuddhists a thing or two
\n\u2014 is Om the human
\nequivalent of purring?<\/p>\n
\nperhaps meaning of
\nlife and the universe
\nis open to you
\npurrhaps . . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"