BEHIND THIS POSTURE
Among the early moons of this year, a stay mother cat was heavy.
Being a prodigal mother she sought solace in the ceiling of my lodge at school.
Night after night she wail and await the arrival of her kittens. Then in a night not noted she birthed her young's. Two healthy kitten, a reward for her toil. But like most cats, this opportunistic feline strengthen the limbs of her kittens and ready to lecture them how to hunt, but the ligaments of her kitten were not strong enough to claim again. So the dawn met them and they found refuge under my landlady's kitchen. Ahh! She screamed, my roommate marathon down and caught them my nature's hand.
They were both too young to nurture yet they already got their deadly instinct. We had to return them to were they could be found for the wail of their mother was becoming unbearable.
Two moons died without their trace but on the dawn of Thursday June 30th 2016 this kitten was found again and as usual my landlady sound her alarm, and with hands of imitation i carried this little fella, cleaned his fur with warm napkin and gave her a little milk.
I wanted to take her to my grandmother for she lost the last kitten she had to an enormous careless foot. I traveled with this kitten from oghara to warri and then to oha. The real chronicles occurred along our voyage.
The taxi that took us from oghara to warri saw the eyes of history. This kitten started sing tunes from my bag which was on my lap. The passengers mistook her song for a Nokia cat ringing tone. I cleared their doubt when i said it was a live cat on relocation. One furious male passenger could not help but ask " is that actually a cat? I answered yes, he continued " and it's in your bag? I said yes again, then he concluded in a very pitiful tone " You are mad". I couldn't hold back my laughter, i laughed at his foolish wisdom. REAL GUYS ARE KIND TO ANIMALS. A fact he never knew.
Then we arrived at Solomon abe event, misfits - the poet and his society. She composed all through my performance and not even the chairs noticed her presence.
Now behind this picture is the camera of Solomon Elohor Abe whose magnificent attitude confirmed his words " i don't think there's another photographer i can trust with the quality of job i give my customers".
He literally laid on the floor to get these shots as this kitten walks about in the studio room.
She got all catty as night falls, she jumped from my bag and hid herself in the boot of the vehicle i was in. It took no true stress retrieving her with hands of nature. You could have practically saw the smile that ignite the face of my grandmother when she saw her. She said " thank you very much, i have a cat again"
If we will live in peace with animals in paradise, we should start showing that kindness now.. .
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