Basura Cat and the dog next door, Are fighting, trying to even the score. The dog barks all hours of the night, My cat complains, “It’s just not right!” Just when we all settle down to bed, Sounds of the barking dog fill our heads. He barks at the leaves,…
I need space in my mind and in my heart upon this day, As I listen to what people have to say. As Americans’ we demand our rights, Trying to do better causes many a fight. They say it’s the hand not the gun, That takes the live of someone.…
How high will the mountain grow? With lives lost of whom we know. Entwined with strangers never met, As Prayers are whispered, heaven sent. It’s just another day in the land of guns, 2nd Amendment rights for everyone. Nowhere is safe, not even our homes, As laws go unchanged, as…
Basura Cat came to me with a frown. Asking, “Did you see that President Biden fell down?” He slipped on the stairs getting onto his plane, And now mean people are saying his name. Why would they make fun of something unkind? I slip and fall all of the time!…
Oh how I miss the world that I used to know, Wild abandon out the door I would go. No fear of shootings at my school, My biggest worry was if I was cool. We behaved or were paddled and sent to our room, Upsetting our parents filled us with…
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…
I think it’s the most wondrous thing, When I hear my telephone start to ring. “Aunt Katrina” is how they start, It’s like an arrow straight into my heart. To know that when they have a choice, They chose to hear the sound of my voice. I quote their Grandmother…
Basura and I are so mystified, When Sofia gets a joyful tear in her eye. It’s when Bulk Pick-up is coming our way, She’s excited like a kid on Christmas Day. People put out, all the things they don’t want, And the neighborhood, Sofia does haunt. Finding chairs, hinges, tables…
Basura Cat says she is not amused, At the latest antics of Ted Cruz. She can’t wait until the next election, He needs to go, for our own protection. She wants to know why we don’t kick him out, Why he’s allowed to set fires all about. He lies about…
In my house, I sometimes feel a deepening sense of separation, I am always cautious when I am aware of this sensation. It was a year ago this month, that the feeling came to stay, It’s been 365 days that I’ve been able to keep it at bay. But sometimes,…