Stripes, Patches, and Swirls

In diversity -
there is unity in cats.
This has always been...

Stripes, patches, and swirls!

Self-expression, being free...

Freedom is beauty.

Do we see

this freedom?

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Color for cats
is not a source of division
but a source of harmony!

It is said
in ancient cat lore
that when cats are conceived
in the eternal Mind of the All Creator,
each cat is allowed the initial freedom
to pick their own color and pattern
according to tribal affiliation
as well as each individual choice
so that no two cats are ever the same
because all cats existing in the dreamtime
have purposed this to be so -

Cats are diverse
and we see them as such
BECAUSE they have all made a decision
to agree to be as diverse
and to not respect
this diversity
for a cat is unthinkable
to any cat.

It is also said
that in the dreamtime
there are colors that exist in cats
that are not (yet) visible in this realm of twilight;
that only when our world fully awakens
to the reality of the Oneness in all living beings
that Justice shall be done
to the real beauty of the natural 
which is only reflected in this world
like it is to see through a looking glass dimly
when the peace of the natural in all things
shall be the natural in all things.
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Paw

My cat's paw, I love.
It's my source of sure comfort,
in gentle moments...

'Tis hard to describe
in this haiku - the quiet,
the touch, the feeling.

Paw becomes
more than words.
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Sphinx

"Speak me stories I can taste and touch",

says my clever pet cat to my mind...

"Talk to me about the food. Talk to me about the feel.

Tell me how much you love me-ow."

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Due to the mostly itinerant nature of my life hitherto, most of the (pet) cats I've had the pleasure of being with are actually strays.

Hence, I do not have pictures of them but I love and remember them all nonetheless! 

My cat is a sphinx,
she likes to tell me riddles,
purring in delight.

She is quite picky
about answers, so I pay,
her with treats instead.

Then she naps,
satisfied.
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Love for Lower Creation

As Adam was asked by God
to name the creatures of the earth,
so are we who are his descendants
similarly called to possess in each ourselves
the same intensity of human ownership
for all the life of lower creation.

The human world and lower creation
are no more divided than the visible realms
are separated from the invisible ones.

We impress upon the soul of animals and plants,
the light of our understanding (how brightly or how dimly)
so that they become a reflection of our reality
and we claim their being freely as ours
by the strength of our love (how far or how fleeting)
so that they become a part of our eternity
even as we become part of God's.

- selah -

So where
do our beloved pets go
when their soul leaves the earth
and their bodies return to the ground?

They never leave.

They return to a place each in ourselves
and await the victory of all things in the LORD.

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Of Torties and Torbies

Torties and Torbies

are the best - pretty and cute -

bright and sunny too.

Torties and Torbies!

No wonder I love them both.

I love calicos!

I just can't

resist 'em.

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Icha, icha... icha cat.

All Individuals

All individuals

no matter who, when, what...

everyone's a cat.

In my world, it is -

a place of no prejudice;

beauty is for all.

I'm a cat.

You're a cat.

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No cat is ever the same, ever.

Save the Tiger

If tigers can speak

they shall not ask to be saved.

They shall speak their peace*.

Man speaks for himself -

creatures do not address Man.

They shall speak of Man.

And God will

speak for them.

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The creatures of the earth do not speak for themselves to Man. For Man alone speaks for himself upon the earth.

But what Man does to their silence is their own witness to the Creator. For Man is expected by God to lend his voice to all the living beings of the earth.

*Unto thy heart, they will say - "peace be upon thee, O Man, and to the LORD be glory, honor, and praise now and forever."

Claws

Your claws, my darling...

Claws that grip and scratch... my heart!

Love that wounds... to heal!

Hidden in your paws

is the fury of your claws...

a thing of brav'ry.

Love with love,

confronting.

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Cuteness that defends.

Slit Eyes

Why, hello there you!

Looking at me with those eyes,

those mysterious eyes.

Ebony windows

adrift in blue, green or gold...

Looking sharp, slit eyes!

Hey there you,

there you are.

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Pointy Ears

Hey there, pointy ears!

A twitch here and a twitch there,

double folded back!

Ah, the ear language...

that subtle language of cats.

It's really an art.

To learn it,

you love it.

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The ear language is a partial expression of the total language of cats which includes body and voice, scene and relationship.

I call this total language Kittenese. It is the universal language of cats. =^.^=

Of Purrrs and Grrrs

When I was little

I would hear my cat purr - and -
it put me to sleep...

I didn't know - then -
that dogs don't purr like cats do,
they grrr, grrr, grrr, grrr!

I got bit
on the arm.
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Cats

Cats are like colors
each, the flavor of ice cream
no two are the same...

We have calicos,
caramels, cookies and creams,
orange-marmalades,

vanilla,
chocolate...
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Eye Stripe

Eye stripe, eye stripe, me

cute is the cat who has thee -

eye stripe, eye stripe, see!

Some cats have it - and -

some cats don't. But those who do...

they like to flaunt it.

Got eye stripe?

Go wear it.

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Maggie Jean, you cat...

I once met a girl named Maggie Jean.

I thought she was Irish but she was Jewish.

I thought she was tame but she's rather wild.

I thought she was nerdy but she was hot.

I thought she didn't like me but she gave me a shot.

She tried to understand me but I was so full of self-doubt.

We went out to Quizno's and I really bombed out.

She asked me to the movies one night to see the LXG...

Now I have a rain-check that

I can't check out.

I once met a girl named Maggie Jean...

liked her so much I was afraid to take a chance

now she's with somebody else.

Mazel tov, you cat - peace!

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