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Like it. Lots of feeling coming through, and a stark image that remains. Andrew On 25 October 2012 13:20, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Oh thanks, but she died a few years ago by now, September 2006. I have > another now. Point is, I guess, that if we forget the rituals around > mortality, or maybe anything else, there is an inner price we pay. It's a > bit of soul death. > > K > > On Oct 25, 2012, at 1:07 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > 'golden eyes glowing dull and open'. Haunting stuff, KW. Sorry for your > feline loss. > > > > BW > > > > On 25/10/2012, at 8:54 AM, Kenneth Wolman wrote: > > > >> MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT > >> (Pushkin, cat, white and orange, 1992-September 2006) > >> > >> Only later did I realize I'd failed > >> to shut her eyes, and now > >> I'd be pursued by her Fury > >> (appropriate to her), yowling > >> "You forgot me but you won't > >> make that mistake again!" > >> > >> In the presence of Death > >> I wanted only to flee, leave her > >> prone on a metal table, > >> robbed of all sense--except she knew > >> I believe in spirits of the Faithful Departed > >> just as she did and does > >> > >> believe in her companion Miles, > >> four years dead, the cat she still sees > >> not in Elysium or Heaven > >> but in her fierce memory, > >> in dreams forgiving slights > >> even as they live on in her > >> > >> to hand now to me to recall her > >> golden eyes glowing dull and open > >> in a fluorescent room, > >> no more to say except > >> she will not let me rest > >> nor would I wish to. > >> > >> KW > >> > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Undercover of Lightness' http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html 'Shikibu Shuffle' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html