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Lovely last line P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janet Jackson Sent: 26 March 2008 03:03 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: a cat poem (Those who know me will realise this is definitely fiction!) I live with a cat. Just me and a cat. Not a smoochy, soppy, rub-you-up male -- a snooty lady cat. An opinionated Chinchilla: small toes and long silk. Her name is Simone but, like Eliot's cats, she has a true name we will never know. I brush her platinum fur and listen to her philosophy. I slice the livers of cows for my dainty lady cat with her dainty fangs and abrasive tongue. She does not rest in my lap or my bed. She has her private basket a short distance from the fire and when I sing she listens or sleeps, as it pleases her. -- Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> www.proximity.webhop.net / www.myspace.com/poetjj The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word: [log in to unmask] groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 23/03/2008 18:50