Cat Haiku

[Barbara]

the law of chaos:
similar causes have no
similar results

cats and toys follow
the chaos law- cats and mice
classical physics:

similar causes
have similar results: when
there's a mouse: chaos


(BTW: for doing haiku i need all fingers of my left hand and thumb and first finger of my right. are there higher beings who can do it without fingers? do other ethnic groups use other fingers?)

[RICHARD]

the higher beings
that can 'do' haiku on one
'hand' are in your home!

i once knew a cat
who could count to seven on
his front-left-side foot

with five on the right
i pondered this sight until
i figured it out

this cat could count up
to twelve and never have to
look at his back paws!

[Barbara]

ok says filou
back to the roots i count in
binary system

one mango one slice
of salmon another one
and then a mango

[RICHARD]

filou, binary
diets sound wonderful when
you describe your meals

[Karen]

Pippin says

Binary, heck! Just
One baby, or one black pup
Makes us three cats hide

Life was great back when
We three grand felines ruled our
Two simple humans

They brought home that dog
Stupid thing thinks we are friends
Doesn't know it's place

Okay, I admit
Sometimes I will condescend
And play with it. (Shhh!)

[RICHARD]

oh no, the 'cat's' out
of the bag, interspecies
friends, who would have thought?

[Barbara]

wet and white outside
white rain or colourless i
don't go out today

my warm places and
filou's are all for me why
can't i double myself

mom on the sofa
her nose in paper bundles
look i can help you

only filou hunts
the red rope older than me
he's still so silly

[RICHARD]

the cold is just one
more reason to stay indoors
and sleep on a lap

[RICHARD]

my uncle michael
smoked some salmon just for me
i gave him a kiss
--------

i hope that the spring
season comes soon for my friend's
that live where there's snow

--------
my dad better not
buy that stupid lap top-his
lap belongs to me.

-------
i spent the day in
front of the door watching the
birds make fun of me.

--------
my favorite part
of the day is when the sun
heats up the floor tiles

i lay in the sun
dreaming and flipping my tail
up, down, back and forth

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my dad reads steinbeck-
of mice and men-i looked in
side-no mice pictures

dr seuss' cat
in the hat- plenty of cat
pictures in that one!
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[Barbara]

the cat of this day
is called doppler. do not call
a cat schroedinger

after all i know
feynman should be a better
name for any cat

[RICHARD]

no, schroedinger is
not a good name for a cat!
name tag has no room
----------
a smart cat would change
his name to boots, whiskers or
here kitty, kitty!

[RICHARD]

why bother with a
hot water bottle when you
can have a warm cat?

[RICHARD]

i am the boss of
the house, dad foolishly thinks
he runs the household
-------
everyday he
rushes off to 'work' i miss
him while he is gone
-------
he has explained to
me that "if there is no work
the house does not eat"
-------
i don't care about
the house eating, wait a sec!
when does a house eat?
-------
once a week he says
"no work for two days!" NO WORK!
the house will not eat!
-------
oh no, i must wake
him up, NO WORK, NO EATING!
how can i wake him?
-------
i climb on the shelf
and knock his radio, books
on top of his head
-------
"not today! it's the
weekend!!!"- (what is a 'weekend'?)
i help him wake up.
------
he doesn't go to
work he stays home we eat, play,
sleep and watch t.v.
--------
no work for two days
but we still had fun and we
ate very well too!
-------
my dad is silly
i have been watching the house-
it still does not eat!

[RICHARD]

insomnia keeps
me awake at night, the cure?
a purring kitty
-------
no radio show
jumping sheep or noise machine
can help me at night
-------
paws on the bed, a
face full of whiskers and the
soft purring kitty
-------
the warm fur ball curls
up beside me-i place my
hand on his belly
-------
the rumbling in his
chest begins, and soon we both
drift off, into sleep.

[Karen]

Nothing is as warm
As a purring, soft, sleepy,
Comfort-giving cat.

Nothing weighs as much
As a sleeping lap-cat when
You want to get up

But ...

No sound is as soft
As a content bunny's purr
More secret than cats'