I Watch and Stare
Our Cat Is Famous
She doesn't care
Laying there
She has done it so often
She is happy as she can be
Tucking her paws one under the other
She has found peace and quiet
I couldn't just leave her alone
I had to pat her one more time
She shook then once again
Moved right back where she had been
In a deep sleep
Dreaming all during the day and then once more at night
Fine tuning the art of sleeping
When she is awake
Waiting to be fed
Walks under our feet
We pat her on the head
Scratching under her chin
On again off again
She eats and goes off to the bathroom
Racing in one direction or another
What is she thinking?
What does she see that I don't see?
Happy in her own world
Trying to please me with her next lick
Then she wants to be loved
Was it all a trick?
To help me
Then to want me
So I would give her
The attention she desperately seeks
I thought I was in control
Doing what I wanted
She curled up next to me
As if I don't care if you do or not
When I give her more
She cares less
Then again she gives me a nudge
A reminder to keep going
For she wanders around our home
She will not stop
Until she finds the perfect spot
Climbing high on a bureau
Deep in a corner
Finding a box
On the kitchen chair cushion
In the living room couch curled up on her favorite blanket
Spread out in the middle of the floor
Standing on a little rug
Off in the bathroom basket
Snuggled in our bed
Resting comfortably
Then in the very next moment
Our darling little Charlotte
Scratching at some furniture
For what reason now?
Back to climbing and hiding
She makes it a living
Finding not only a good spot
The best spot to take a nap
I want to come back as a cat
Learning how sleep the day away