Hen RIP 7.10.2007 10pm

Henrycat
My little mate
Tapping me
Pawing my hair
Purring under the duvet
Curled in my lap
Bounding up and down the hallway
Filthy protests about my liaisons
Watching us
Watching me
Company to my distress
I took you for granted
Your witness to my shame
Your witness to my every secret
Tail tapping
Squeaking at birds
A dash out the cat flap
Scrambling against me
Crying on the way to the vet
Chewing my spider plants
Falling off the window sill
Licking the gravy and mewing for more
Clawing under the bed

I have lost you now.
to the eternal magical nothingness
the empty space where my father has gone.

I love you

Your devotion to me complete
My priviledge my honour
Your choice

Little Black Cat
How is it that
You stayed with me
Watched me brewing tea
Covered my front door with pee?
What cosmic forces
Brought us, together, through my 'divorces'?
You watched me put my lipstick on
You waited at home when I was gone
And I found you
And I fed you
And I called you silly names
You bore witness to my emotional pains.

Together we struggled
and I saved your little body the trouble

Goodbye.