The Sick Cat

The Sick Cat

The staff and veterinarian

Were very very nice

Albeit too expensive

Until Kitty got the flu.

The doctor gave us liquid

To be taken by the mouth

A couple times a day.

And it was over.

He didn't want to take it.

He hollered, bit and clawed.

He was gradually beginning

To abhor us.

I called and told the nurse.

As though I hadn't said a word

She said to give the medicine by mouth.

I tried again. And so did she.

As though a couple children

Thinking up excuses

To get out of eating liver,

She bluntly said that Kitty won't get well

Unless he takes his medicine by mouth.

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Hemingway

A virtuoso writer

With a sympathy for war,

Violence and cruelty.

And a homophobe,

A dead one who ran horrified

In glorious disgust

From the person

Who was kind to him.

“Grace under pressure.”

I just thought of that.

His motto.

Or attributed to him.

I could use that thought.

He killed himself.

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Escape

One car turned a corner out of

Turn, another ran

A red light and they

Nearly hit each other.

America! Where everyone goes first.

Get me out of here

While I'm still

Young enough to care!

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Salt Water Solution

Try doing something honest

But only if the word

Doesn't turn you totally

To salt.

And if it does, I'll pour

Some water on the salt

And watch you disappear

Beneath your hat.

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