Dark as my soul, the night time falls,

Silent, serene, absolutely no noise.

That is, until after the clock strikes twelve,

When I’ve stepped on one of Sammy’s cat toys.

09/23/2016

Tears like silent raindrops fall.

So many attempts that never work.

I try and I try and I try and I try,

But I cannot manage a successful twerk.

09/16/2016

Having the most magnificent dream,

That I will never remember, I suppose.

Just when the Universe was about to explain,

Sammy bit down on my toes.

09/02/2016

It makes some prone to weeping,

Others to violence or a killing spree.

I’ve got the blues so doggone bad,

Rip open my chest, let my soul fly free.

08/29/2016

So many friends are in this cemetery,

Beneath the dirt, the stone and the snow.

How I wish I could join them.

Won’t you please, please let me go?

08/26/2016

Here’s my little kitten,

For everyone to see.

The picture is slightly fuzzy,

That’s OK, so is she…

08/19/2016

I wish I was a muskrat,

I’d be furry, soft, genteel.

Then I would star in my own song,

Sung by The Captain and Tennille…

08/12/2016

I have scoured the entire internet,

Read absolutely everybody’s blogs.

Couldn’t even find it at the Newberry,

The history of spaghetti with little hot dogs.

08/05/2016

The enemy fire is falling hot and thick,

Around the battlefield, she is zooming.

But then right in the middle of things,

Sammy stops for a bit of grooming.

7/29/2016

Occasionally, I hear the sound.

But mostly without warning,

Sammy wants my total attention

At three o’clock in the morning.

07/27/2016