HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS
by VICKIE SQUIRES
HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS WITH NO CAT FOOD TO BUY.. SINCE MY TIGER HAS LEFT,AND I STILL WONDER WHY.. AFTER 22 YEARS,HOW MY LIFESTYLE HAS CHANGED.. NOW THE PLACE WHERE HIS BED WAS HAS BEEN REARANGED.. HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS NOT TO HAVE HIM TO HOLD.. TO HEAR HIM PURR SOFTLY, OR PROTECT FROM THE COLD.. IN A BLANKET I'D WRAP HIM, ALL COZY AND WARM.. FOR 22 YEARS I KEPT HIM FROM HARM.. HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS AS I GO ABOUT MY DAYS, REMEMBERING HIM AND HIS CRAZY CAT WAYS.. I HAVE MEMORIES OF HIM ALL TUCKED IN HIS BED, WITH HIS MOTORBOAT RUNNING, AND HIS PAWS ON HIS HEAD.. AS YOU WENT IN THE KITCHEN, HE WAS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU SET DOWN HIS FOOD BOWL AND HE'D GIVE YOU THAT STARE.. SO YOU'D TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND HE'D JUST WALK AWAY, BUT THAT WAS HOW WE STARTED OUR DAY.. HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS NOW THAT HE HAS GONE ON ABOVE,BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR MEMORIES AND 22 YEARS OF LOVE.......
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