The Adventures Of Basura Continue... Basura cat jumped to my desk from the floor Saying, “I don’t want to be poor anymore” She’d snuck out and bought two lottery tickets She said, “I’m going to win, in my bones I can feel it!” “Two tickets!” I exclaimed, “Where did you…
Basura cat wanted to chat A chatting cat, imagine that We got onto the topic of names, Of cars, bicycles and board games. “How did I get mine?” she asked as I petted her ears A topic, I’d avoided for many a year “Well,” I said, “Now that you’ve…
Basura cat wants to teach me to draw She holds onto the pencil with her right paw She uses all the colors that she can find To make her drawings, much better than mine. One day, she hid my pencils in her litter box She said, “Go find them now,…
Pain shared is pain halved, it's cool to listen, but at times, we have to limit the amount of what we hear and bare to take care of our precious self. This was inspired after listening to a friend say, "I can't take one more thing, not one!" As I…
These past months have been a time of reflection and self awareness, here are some of the things that I might have known about myself before, but more so now. Drawing is a talent and takes practice. Learning to speak Portuguese is nearly impossible. People who can speak two or…
Basura cat ran up onto my lap And exclaimed, “Holy Crap!” “Today is the 4th; I know that I’m right The neighbors will light off fireworks tonight!” “The sound is so loud, snap, crackle and pop As soon as it starts, I want it to stop! I’ll have to find…
Upon this calm night, Basura cat came to me, Asking about our land of liberty As she looked up at me, eyes filled with cat tears I thought back to all of my long ago years. “As a child, I always loved this land of mine My neighbors have always…
Basura cat and me are in a great fight I have to give her eye drops both day and night “ I hate them” she said to me I replied, "You need them, so that you can see" I call her, she run and hides under the bed Pulling her…
Sleep is as illusive as the breath of an angel upon this night The leaves are chatting amongst themselves as the moon smiles Restless with the world, roaming from room to room Too early for coffee, or is it too late for tea? Thinking about a friend whose daughter just…
Basura cat wasn’t feeling good So I took her to the vet, like a good mom should She didn’t want to go, and we had quite a chase But I finally caught her and put her in her travelling case. I said to her, “Now don’t you pee in my…