Anita Wilson at www.geocities.com/katje3/ contributed some cat stories and poetry. Here is one from her cat James about food:
My name is James and I am a star with an empty food dish. I do
not think I want to be a star anymore. My boss put me on a thing called
scales the other day, to weigh me. It has to do with something called
worms. My boss opens my mouth and puts bad stuff inside me. My boss used
to give me things called tablets and I thought I was very smart. I used to
spit them out when my boss wasn't looking. I think my boss is getting
smarter, I get wet stuff now, that I cannot spit out. Life is not easy for
a cat. After my boss had put me on the thing called scales, she told me I
was eating too much. I do not understand that, I only eat when I am hungry
all day. My life is very hard now. My food bowl is empty most of the day.
My boss only fills it at night. I have tried for days to sit in front of
her, looking really sad, but I don't think I look sad enuff. My boss steps
over me and has given me a new name. Fatso? Jennah told me peoples stars
change their name. I didn't think cat stars did. I hope my boss forgets I
am a star and calls me James again. I have just had a smart thought.
Chang, you want to be a star? You can have my food bowl! No, I really do
not mind taking your food bowl. Chang is a star! (But James isn't hungry
anymore. :)
Abandoned
For James, “my foundling”
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I saw a kitten lost one day
I did not know it had been left
Until I went outside to see
What was meowing on the street
I saw a kitten on the street
Sitting right there on the road
In the middle of the busy traffic
Looking lost and so afraid
I saw a kitten run to me
To the only human, that it saw
Crying very loudly for its mum
Wondering where she was
I picked a kitten up one time
Abandoned and so very small
It snuggled closely in my arms
Feeling home and safe at last
I have a lovely cat today
I call him “foundling” tenderly
Abandoned by a cruel human
Who never valued love…
Chang. In trouble.
My name is Chang, a Burmese gentleman, who used to be a Security Watch Cat
at a Marina, now retired, but not a star any more. I do not know how it
happened, but somehow, in a much-undeserved manner, I have gotten myself
in a spot of bother with the boss. Now I am sitting here on the bridge and
contemplating where it all went wrong. It all happened when it was our
weigh in day this week. That happens when the boss gives us the medicine
for the unmentionable. All right James you do not have to yell Fleas!
(As I have mentioned before, that cat has no breeding.) To continue the story when the boss had weighed us, she was very surprised at James weight. I distinctly heard her say, that “Fatso” was getting fatter. I knew that was James’s star name but he was not a star anymore, I was! I will admit I was sitting there a bit bewildered, next to James food bowl, but there was no need for the boss to call me a bad old boy! Me, a Burmese gentleman! James got called a conniving old cat! That made me feel a bit better. What has not been satisfactorily explained to me is what James connived at. I enquired from James but he just grins at me and refuses to answer.
The boss took my stardom and both our food bowls away, saying we
could not be trusted. Now I am hungry too. Me, a Burmese gentleman on a
diet! That it should come to that in my retirement. So now I am sitting
here on the bridge, trying not to think of the empty spot where food
should be, gazing at the fish. FISH! No this is not my home at the Marina,
where I had the position of Security Watch Cat. I think it would be better
to lower my standards and look sadly at the boss… I see the boss! No
time any more, busy practicing looking sad in a dignified manner.
Do You?
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Do you experience happiness like me?
When you hear children’s joyful laughter
Enjoy the company of loved ones and friends
See people help each other when the need is great
Watch animals enjoying life, unafraid and free
Do you suffer sorrow like me?
When you lose someone close to you
Suffer disappointments and heartbreak
Hear about needless suffering in the world
And man’s indifference to his environment
Do you have a sense of wonder like me?
At watching a beautiful Sunrise or Sunset
Seeing Dolphins leaping with joy in the sea
Admiring a double Rainbow after a shower
Or dewdrops like diamonds on a spider’s web
Do you share this belief with me?
That all religions follow a path to the one God
Any Faith will comfort a soul somewhere
Love will always be triumphant over hate
And people get a second chance to start again
Do you think the same as me?
Then I am very pleased to know you
And will meet with you in friendship
Sharing the same ideals
Working towards the same goals
You say you are a different race and color?
I never noticed that at all……
Play Time
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Do I see a tabby kitten?
Playing with a autumn leaf?
Chasing it, catching it
Rolling with it under the tree
I think I see a tabby kitten
Hiding under the big green fern
Daring me, jumping out
Then pouncing on my feet
Did I just see a tabby kitten?
Running very fast past me?
Turning around, looking up
Waiting very still for me
Will I pick up this tabby kitten?
And hug it very close to me?
Cuddling it, loving it
And stroking it very gently
I am holding this tabby kitten
It’s purring very loud at me
Little beauty, loving friend
Dear companion of my heart
© 1999 Anita Wilson
J. Anita Wilson is an up and coming poet who paints wordart with elegant, simple strokes. Please enjoy her poetry here with several excellent poems.
"Gaia's Cry"
Do you see the oceans rising?
It is our planet Gaia crying
For the misuse that is made of her
Crying, for the destruction of herself
Crying, for the greed that allows it
Crying, for the weak who let it happen
Crying, for the thoughtless who don' t care
Crying, because in order to protect herself
She might have to destroy humankind
Take heed humanity!
Gaia can survive without you
Animals can survive without you
Trees and plants can survive without you
But humankind can' t survive without Gaia!
"The last Koala"
Once I was one of many
Living happily and free
Eating eucalyptus leaves
In my favorite tree
Once I had many cousins
We lived in a colony
Spending our lives dozing
Now there is only me
There is only one tree left
Humans took the best
Chainsaws and big dozers
Took away the rest
Humans need many houses
They do not each need a tree
Once we were so plentiful
Now, only lonely me
“Rainbow
Angels”
Welcoming all your pets with love
The ones that were so dear to you
We are greeting here above
You were so sad to see them go
For some, it took a lot of love
To do what was the best for them
They will be cared for here above
We will hug and lovingly hold them
None of them will know hunger or fear
They will live with us, Happily waiting
Until the time they meet you here
© 1999 J. Anita Wilson
Anita Wilson sent us two excellent poems.
First: Bright Spirit; Second: Untitled
Bright spirit...
Bright spirit…
I watch you shining golden treasure
I touch your warmth You came in my life
and feel your love so
suddenly
Bright spirit...
Bright spirit...
so lightly dancing
never leave me
Through this world Let your glow
just floating above fill my dark
night
Bright Spirit…
Bright spirit...
coming nearer
magic blessing
Let me hold you
Stay with me
very close to me
and all is right.
© 2000 Anita Wilson
Today I discovered something new
I found a mirror on the wall
Right above my favorite chair
In the room next to the hall
If I sit and stretch my face
I see myself reflected there
This cat looks good I will admit
And I love my creamy hair
But those ears an ordinary brown...
Maybe they would look better blue
And my nose.. red or orange?
Purple eyes? no, I have no clue
It not easy, planning a change
I could do this, I could do that
You know... I think I'll stay as I am
A well-loved cross-eyed Siamese cat
© Copyright 2000 Anita Wilson, Australia
Anita Wilson sent us two great dragon poems.
Dragons racing
in the sky
swooping down
to pass us by
golden wings
brightly glowing
going with the wind
that's blowing
Faster, faster!
Past the sun
Racing solar flares
for fun
Faster than
the speed of light
glorious movement
glittering bright…
© 2000 Anita Wilson
Gold Winged Dragons
in high sun flying
great vast shadows
vainly trying
to catch the sunbeams
golden glowing
matching the wings
their movement flowing
with the currents
of the high clear sky
I watch in wonder...
as they race by
© Copyright 2000 Anita Wilson, Australia