"catus" poems
I a m hungry, therefore I am - Garfield
IN prayer he will never utter
it waits for the rain of milk,
a heavy rain, because of him
the cat with thirsty tongue, see with
its own eye, when mother was disappear.
In prayer he never dared to ask
it wants a fishy fish neck,
the smell of a fisherman,
no care about salt salinity, or its own sweat.
In prayers he will never say
it expected the lap, the fire on that stove
warm, and maybe also sear.
Aug 11, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 at 8:57 AM UTC
I'm feline in my approach
slender-sleek and silent
footsteps like ghosts
on stairwells and whispers
in your ears.
I have nine lives
and I've wasted them
all stalking you
through concrete
jungles and labyrinthian
words and feelings.
Sep 23, 2012
Sep 23, 2012 at 10:27 PM UTC
Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
-Data
Jul 9, 2014
Jul 9, 2014 at 8:02 AM UTC
ATARAXIA
Felis Catus blinks
"The Tories think
( I didn't know they could do that)
we are not sentient beings
or that we do not feel pain?
Only shows they have no brains!
'Unheimleich' as Heidegger
would have observed!"
she purrs...delicately...cleans herself.
"Your philosophy is
your fail-osophy...
you simply think too much.
Think instead of do
and you can't do without thinking.
Poor poor you!
Be like me.
Just be.
Be.
Only when you play
with me do you
escape being human.
I am your distraction
from the prison of your self
just stop your self thinking
live in this
instant
no before or after.
Ah 'the great chain of being'
placing your self at the top
oh so smugly superior.
Our feline-osophy
would be if at all
not to have a philosophy.
As Montaigne put it
so succinctly you 'needed
a mind departing distraction"
to deal with your consciousness
and awareness of death.
And I my friend - am it!
Now if you can be
a good chap and feed me
that can be my fee
for talking you through
your all too human dilemmas
and you may yet achieve
(perhaps)ataraxia
but until then or when we cats
learn to peel the foil
from Kitty Kat Salmon
and so leap to the top
of the 'great chain of being."
Felis Catus
will rule
over all.
***
ATARAXIA....a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquility.
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020 at 3:30 PM UTC