It’s Hard ~”What My Grandma Would Say” ~ a short poem by Katrina Curtiss 6/26/2020 It’s hard not to talk about things that matter It’s hard not to watch TV, eat and get fatter It’s hard not to engage and voice your rage As we wait for the world to…
Basura Cat came to asking for a loan Saying she wants to buy her own phone She wants to play games, text and tweet She thinks having a phone would be really neat She said that she would call all of her friends Like Ken, Cara, Ryley, Maggie, Karl and…
My cat came to me wanting more Than putting her food on a plate on the floor She insisted she deserved better than this On her own dining table, did she insist So, Sofia went out to her She Shed To create something right out of her head She took…
A lot of what’s happening in the world doesn’t directly affect me, I’m a musician, private music teacher so that’s my small world. I haven’t played a gig in over two months, haven’t hosted an Open mic, taught a lesson face to face, haven’t done much, outside of write within…
As I was recording my stay at home song Basura said, “You’re doing it wrong Get up from your seat; I’ll add a new beat While I’m mixing, go fix me something to eat." So, I fixed her a plate and when I got back She’d added something called a…
In the middle of night, I heard a strange sound So, I got up to take a good look around And what to my wondering eyes did I find? My cat, looking at an old family photo album of mine As we turned the pages, my life did unfold Pictures…
It was early this morning, I needed to play My cat took my chair, and there she did stay She meowed, “I’m now Chairman of the Bored” I asked, “don’t you mean board?” As I sat on the floor “No, I mean bored, as in nothing to do There’s got…
I thought that I was going to faint When my cat said she wanted to paint It will be hard ‘cuz you’re not very tall But that didn’t phase her, no not at all So up the ladder, she slowly crept Taking her time with every step But before she…
My Cat couldn’t learn to play the guitar She failed when she tried to drive my car It seems that she can’t do anything at all So I tried to teach her how to repair drywall First we must scratch, then we scrape Cover the cracks with special tape Plaster…
You go outside, you come back in All over the house, you tromp again and again Your dirty dishes next to the sink It’s only 10am and I want a drink I make the bed, you climb back in Nap number 2 before 11am You ask my opinion, I give…