I know an old blues by Lightnin' Hopkins called 'Black Cat' ...
The White Cat said to the Black Cat,
"Let's go across town and clown ..."
The Black Cat told the White Cat
to sit his Whiteself down ...
And it rumbled on like that there. Just a track on an old jazz anthology
album, long gone.
Andrew
On 19 October 2010 16:40, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When I become less peripatetic, I shall get a cat of my own again unless
> it has death that has stopped me. I don't think its owner being dead is
> fair to a cat
>
> If it's a male, I shall call him Hugh, after Hugh MacDiarmid, and only
> ever address him as Chris, except when I am cross or sycophantic or
> seeking a favour
>
> A female cat... Denise Levertov is a bit of a mouthful for a cat's name;
> but it would please me if not the cat or the vet
>
> Black Cat is a good name. I know a cat I call Ginger Cat. It tries to
> stand on its head when I name it. And falls over, purring.
>
> L
>
> On Tue, October 19, 2010 09:34, Chris Jones wrote:
> > I have another cat. Black Cat, since the vet wanted a name. She is very
> > beautiful despite the late term abortion and related flesh matters
> related
> > to female cats removed.
> >
> > --
> > have chronic fatigue syndrome so may be delayed in reply or brain fog
> > weird
> >
> > just to let you know that's all, Chris Jones.
> >
> > Blog: http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/creativecommons/poems-for-ivor-cutler-3
>
> http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/cc-the-remixes/the-man-who-finds-himself-amusing
>
>
> "This is not a time for foolery, or compliments. It may be that both of us
> are within a few minutes of death... And I, at any rate, don't propose to
> die with polite insincerities in my mouth. "
> C S Lewis - That Hideous Strength
> ---
> Lawrence Upton
> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
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http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
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