When Calypso split into body and soul,
\nI decreed
\nno new cat can take her place;
\nwe’ll wait until Circe does the same
\nand that is that.
\nAnd I stamped my foot
\nand the universe shook.<\/p>\n
The fall had held off
\nfreezing the ground
\nuntil mid-January
\nso I could dig the hole
\nand put the cold clay down
\nin a little shroud of
\nunbleached cotton
\nthat held its own memories.
\nSo it was all part of the
\nuniversal plan.
\nI stamped my foot
\non the cooling earth
\nand that was that.<\/p>\n
But people conspire
\nRight?<\/p>\n
There are forces in this universe
\nthat cannot be denied:<\/p>\n
the earth rotates
\nthe stars twinkle
\nand so does my wife’s eye.<\/p>\n
Today she broke the news:<\/p>\n
Willow has had two babies:
\ntwo tiny Abyssinians
\nruddy, her sister the breeder said
\n\u2014 and cute, I noticed.<\/p>\n
She’s coming in six weeks.<\/p>\n
For my birthday.<\/p>\n
The foot stamping that followed
\nwas actually a dance.<\/p>\n
Mine.<\/p>\n
Welcome Katisha.<\/p>\n
[Photo of Katisha and her mother and sister is on platinum river<\/a> When Calypso split into body and soul, I decreed no new cat can take her place; we’ll wait until Circe does the same and that is that. And I stamped my foot and the universe shook. The fall had held … Continue reading
\n\u2014 Katisha is pronounced cat’-e-shaw, after the interesting character in Gilbert and Sullivan’s <\/em>Mikado] <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"