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It was annoying, to see they almost stepped on it...like  it was  part of the busy street, even with its white covering...it was  market day, the stalls were lined with baskets and trays filled with  all kinds  of  fish, fresh water and  salt water alike; clams, *****, mussels, shrimps, sea  weeds, anything edible from the sea. Newly picked  vegetables  were crisp, one could easily bury a finger nail through its flesh.....vendors need not lie, they  really were  freshly-picked,  newly harvested,  and home-grown.......One single turn of my head, and our eyes meet, our paths again cross.  Holding  fish  i  had  bought, i watched  it  p o k e
its face against  wet garbage  baskets,  fallen fish, shrimps and  limp crablets.  i  noticed that it stared,  it  focused only  in  one  direction. Underneath  the wet  stalls,  it  felt  and  sniffed  for  food.......it  was starving. Then, it fled, holding on to its loot with its mouth..straight ahead,  it went..it  didn't  stop to  watch  out  for cars and  carts  and people crossing.  i was the one who gave out a  deep  sigh....relieved  that  it  had  crossed the street....alive...it came to an  almost hidden end..I could  not let go.....i had to see...watch it  feed its  kittens, and
there, i discovered, now, we were face to face...no wonder...it  stared through me......it never blinked......it must have felt....i was no threat.

G o d,
oh, h o w
infuriating!
my heart bled,
i turned my back
how did it happen?
i  watched  it survive,
do  its  responsibilities
cope  with  its  disability
**­w  it   embarrassed  me
realizing how exceptionally
needy, a human  being  could
be, we could pick up  more than
bits  and  pieces, we  can learn vital
lessons from a  lowly  creature of God
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a blind cat hiding, living, in a blind alley.


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(Another one for Lady Jane, Marian....)


Sally

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Rosalia Rosario A, Bayan