Cat Parents Poems

I am running away the four-year-old told his parents.
Take some clothes, his father urged him.
Better take your piggy bank, said his sister.
Would you like a...

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Sandra is not excited about her hair
She is feeling frumpy these days
She cannot reach her toes 
And she is not happy about it

We are going...

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I control my child she said.
Her child is sixteen.
I do not speak.

He always does what I tell him to do she says.
I keep silent.
Wondering if...

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Life is full of several good items, a mother is their bag
offspring, an addition to her toil but never considered a lag.
She is invaluable, even...

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The other night we took a pottery class and I wish I could convey…the excitement we both felt with our hands immersed in clay.

In some...

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It started early for me - using words sailors are supposed to know
My parents had no idea where I got them.
I figured it was my...

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I had a dog.  It did not behave.
I took it back to the shelter.
I got a cat.
It hissed at me.
I kicked it out.
Dumped it...

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Moving with agile cat-like abilities
Using stealthy ninja skill capabilities
For even upon their sleep
While sweet dreams they do keep
It's time to kick it into overdrive
Though you...

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cat o' nine tails
today hand or belt
is spanking right or wrong?...

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What I say.

Don't do that! Put that down!
Stop acting up, stop playing the clown!
No you can't have cake, it's 7am!
Let go of the cat! I...

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When oppositional cognitive dissonance 
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading...

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hello bartender , please serve me a shot
for what i have done i wish i forgot
i lied to my parents and went to smoke weed
stole...

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