Odd Couple
Brothers they may be,
an odd couple
more like
As cats
they own everything
and nothing
and I am a function
in their lives—
something to coax
to cajole to feeding bowls
and ever higher levels
of acceptance
and comfort
And don’t they know too
that all is forgiven?
poem and image © copyright dfbarker 2012
Ciscography 
Hi David
what a sweet picture of the brothers, and lovely poem 🙂
The last sentence tells me all about cats lol 🙂
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As a race we’d do well to aspire to “ever higher levels of acceptance and comfort”. 🙂
Lovely poem David!
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Angela, thank you very much!
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Ina, thank you very much – yes, cats are cats!
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they own everything
and nothing… i like that…shouldn’t we live our life just like that…?
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Cute! 🙂
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Thank you Claudia – and yes, I think we should live like that. For all our human intelligence, we are not very wise. 😉
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Thank you so much!!!
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Hi David,
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award.
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http://seasonspoetry.com/2012/03/19/versatile-2-beautiful-blogger-award/
Ciao,
Francina
I love the picture and the poem 🙂
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Thank you! I am very grateful.
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Hi,
A wonderful poem, and very true. 🙂
I love the photo.
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Lovely cats and poem.
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They have it down just right, don’t they? Great poem!
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Those two cats never thought there was anything to forgive, in the first place. They are always in the right, don’t you know? Wonderful enjoyment of our feline family members here, DF!
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as much as i am different to cats i am equally impressed with their poetry. and i find it interesting how they turn humans into factotums : )
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Anyone who has ever shared life with a cat, “gets” this poem! I love, “and I am a function in their lives-” So true! Makes me smile. Debra
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Oh what a lovely poem on cats..now every cat deserves one..they are the ones ruling and we just in illusion of being the masters 😉
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Thank you Mags!:)
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Thank you very much Harry! 🙂
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Thank you very much J! 🙂
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Thank you once again! Yes, cats are always right…
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Ah, yes, very good J! Thank you very much! 😉
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Thank you very much Debra!
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Soma, I thank you once again!
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How charming! I love it. You put a big smile on my day. Thank you, Francis.
Jamie Dedes
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Thank you Jamie!
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What a lovely ode!
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I thank you Russell!
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Delightful 🙂
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“As cats
they own everything
and nothing”
Very clever! Much fun in this…
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Great poem about these feline brothers, and as another cat person, I love that picture. (And those last few lines are perfectly CAT!)
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I thank you!
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you very much Betty!
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As an extreme cat lover David, this has to be one of my favourites!
You haven’t needed many words to capture the nature of cats perfectly. I love, love, love this poem and what a fab picture to go with it! They are so lovely, amusing, loving(on their terms of course!), fascinating and just wonderful creatures.
Curiosity has me! – What are their names?
Christine
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Thank you Christine, very much! Well, the one on the left is Venice and the one on the right is Milan, christened by my son when he was 13 (cats are 8 now) when he was into all things Italian! They’re both toms but we thought Venice was a female because he looked so much like his mum – then we checked. Oops!
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Purrrrfect names! 🙂
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Thank you Christine.
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What adorable brothers, they are, and wonderful poem, David!
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Thank you very much, Lauren!
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Cats certainly do have a special relationship with their owners! I enjoyed the poem here.
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Thanks once again, Christy!
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Cats rule because they are PhD’s in psychology, know behavior shaping and practice it with expertise, the envy of any human being who elects to notice…
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Thank you very much Lindy!
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