The trials of taking your formerly feral, now (after a painstaking nine years) slightly domesticated #caliby to the vet for an eye infection. I swear that at 6am she was curled up on my lap purring and nuzzling in my elbow bend. Now she’s gone full Gremlin.

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#Caturday kisses from our housebound, miniature cougar Wamba who loves her daddy very, very much.

#Catstodon #Caliby #CalicoTabby #Gattara #WritersFamiliar #WambaForever

#Caturday kisses from everyone’s favorite love biter, Wamba, who — despite her ear position — was snuggled comfortably in my lap for the duration of tonight’s movie.

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My heart is overflowing! 🐈‍⬛🌈🖤 #Chewy — the online pet store — sent me flowers in honor of sweet Spanky’s passing last month AND refunded the expensive case of prescription wet food I had sitting unopened in the cabinet. What incredible #Empathy in #CustomerService.

Here, Wamba looks up at the beautiful arrangement in loving memory of her brother.

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🐈The Cat’s Song🐈‍⬛ by Marge Piercy

Mine, says the cat, putting out his paw of darkness.
My lover, my friend, my slave, my toy, says
the cat making on your chest his gesture of drawing
milk from his mother’s forgotten breasts.
…
Let us rub our bodies together and talk of touch.
My emotions are pure as salt crystals and as hard.
My lusts glow like my eyes. I sing to you in the mornings
walking round and round your bed and into your face.

#poetry #catsofmastodon #caliby #blackcat