Happy Tails, Happy Trails
I grew up with cats, with
Dogs, partly with a horse
(an entire horse), some
Guinea pigs, I think, and
Fish I could not relate to
There was a rabbit (maybe
Two rabbits—you know
How they are), a rescued
Bird
I met a big snake one time
At a program with a guide;
I enjoyed petting the snake
Feeling its muscles move
Beneath the skin
I enjoyed a staring contest
With a deer across the
Yard; actually, we were
Both walking the local
Cemetery and caught, as
If to trap, each other’s eyes
The things—Scripture’s
Creeping things—with tails
Are the ones I seem to
Do best with; I suppose I
Create a cheat out of
Belief and hope that the
Ones with tails and I are
Getting along
Well, what can I say? My
Wish (I don’t think Dale
Evans Rogers would mind)—
Happy tails, happy trails
this work is incited (that is, inspired in
an especially zealous way) in part by a
delightful blog and an extraordinary
group, Three Chatty Cats, celebrating
wondrously the rescue of cats
http://threechattycats.com/2016/02/08/the-odd-cat-sanctuary/
http://threechattycats.com/
February 11, 2016 at 1:06 am
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February 11, 2016 at 1:10 am
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February 11, 2016 at 3:06 am
YAY! This made me smile, Christopher! 😀 I believe you really grow up surrounded with happy tails and happy trails? 😀
February 11, 2016 at 3:49 pm
Making you smile makes my day. I did like my pets. (I like pets now.) I used to creek (run in creeks, that is) with my dog. I used to read with cats right next to me.
February 12, 2016 at 3:18 am
Oh! They say humans you love pets are actually kind humans. I believe it now. 😀
February 11, 2016 at 11:32 am
I do the same thing, imagining we’re all getting along… I love it!
February 11, 2016 at 3:47 pm
Thank you for reading the verse. And for responding to it just the way you have.