I wonder upon this night about those in Ukraine Fleeing their country, stricken with pain How much can the human spirit endure? War is contagious, we must find a cure.
This morning, Basura Cat woke up with the Rooster Saying, “Huzzah, it’s time for my booster!” It’s been 6 months since she got her 2nd shot She thinks that it has helped her quite a lot.
Basura Cat came back from the store With a 12 back of beer, ready to pour She said she had once tried smoking pot But lost her dealer, because they had fought. She popped the beer top, and then drank some Which impressed me because she has not thumbs She…
Basura has a bag, a tub and a flask She is running out to buy lots of gas A pipeline shut down, people have panicked Everybody runs amok, like they’re on the Titanic. She doesn’t drive, she doesn’t mow So why she wants gas, who the heck knows She is…
Basura Cat is updating her resume She is looking for a job with really good pay She lists all the things that she can do Chase a toy mouse and sleep on my shoe She doesn’t want to flip burgers or teach She doesn’t want to be a pastor and…
Basura Cat sleeps all day in her house, She won’t come out, even to chase a mouse. But as soon as the sun begins to set, She becomes a most lively, excited pet. She runs crazy from room to room, She is fast as lightening, zoom, zoom, zoom! She jumps…
Basura Cat started to gloat, As she just got back from her traveling boat. In the rain, she sailed the seas, This morning, she paddled back to me. She saw many things while she was gone, A frog in a dress, a whale in a thong. She admitted that at…
Basura Cat refuses to “Spring Ahead,” She doesn’t want to lose an hour in bed. “You mean 8 will be 9 and 9 will be 10?” “Oh My God, you humans are doing this over again?” I said it has sometime to with the crops, She shakes her paw and…
It was the week of February 15th 2021. It began snowing late Sunday night, we forgot to drip the faucets, the one thing we could have done but didn't in preparation for a predicted snow storm in San Antonio. The weather predictions are undependable, but in this case, they were…
It was fun at first, being from Ohio, snow doesn’t excite me much, but seeing others enjoy it, that’s always fun. Then it became personal, with frozen pipes and power outages, seeing my neighbors struggle, myself, my cat. Tensions ran high as we watched our ceilings for leaks, our candles…