TUESDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER

Well, life is almost back to normal. After three years of turmoil, illness, and moving around I now have a cat back in the house.

It has been rare for me to not be without at least one cat in the house at least since I was 3 years old. The only times a car has been absent from my life has been when I was in situations where a pet was not allowed or possible.

Now, today, St. Michael House Hermitage has been blessed with a 9 month old black Siamese mix (Siamese are the only cats to have). I would insert a picture here, but as the cat has only been in the house for less than one hour, she is still hiding. I don't even have a name for her yet.

I truly am lost without a cat. I have a little glass cat that sits on my desk. It has been on my desk no matter where in the world I have wondered since at least 1965.

As a kid I had fantasies of being a cat. I even wrote a Poem about it when I was at the University of Iowa writing workshops.

Six A.M.

The smell of bacon and eggs
Thomas O’Malley at the door
scratching to get in
a bowl of milk laps it up
purrs washes his face rubs against my leg
slowly lops onto his favorite couch My
favorite couch I don’t want cat hairs on
he kneads the upholstery with sharp claws
didn’t I tell him five times already to stop that
curls and sleeps He’s had a hard night

With eyes that reflect devilish red
he streaks through the night
on cat’s paw unnoticed
nothing escapes his cunning

Fidei Defensor*

defending the family honor you see
from trespassers mice
sundry nocturnal inhabitants
ghostly creatures

As if from a far universe
the wizard’s companion and spy
he returns at morning’s rays

Oh how it would be
to change places

* Fidei Defensor = Defender of the Faith

I will probably get another cat when I can but it must be Siamese -- a Seal Point preferably -- A kitty should have a companion other than his human pet.

Your miserable servant,
Brother Bubba

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