Cat Haiku

[Barbara]

my catboy's girlfriend
just sent him an Easter card
with some of her fur

[RICHARD]

an easter wish with
a tuft of hair inside it
a romantic card!

I gave my daddy
a real nice easter gift
a colored hairball!

[RICHARD]

my cat has taught me
the virtues in a way that
only a cat can
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perseverance, i
will catch that fly, i will catch
the fly, i will catch.............
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humility-i
will not make dad wakeup too
early saturday
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patience, i will wait
for dad to clean out my box...
on second thought, HURRY!
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obedience, i
will listen to my dad when
he tells me, "STOP IT!"
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faith, i always know
my dad pulls in the driveway
around six thirty
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hope- that dad brings
my favorite kind of treats
the fish flavored ones!
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love, i love my dad-
it's the bathing, vet and nail
clipping that bug me

[RICHARD]

the circus has come
to town, no, not the cirque or
barnum and bailey
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its that crazy cat
circus, the one that takes place
while you are at work
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the death defying
stunts, animal acts taking
place in your own home
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see the high wire cat
leap from the shelves onto your
bed, what a brave cat!
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watched the trained feline
sit up and juggle his toys
what great paw control!!
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be amazed as the
cat disappears behind the
white window curtains!!!
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voila'! he appears
again, racing around the
arena, LOOK OUT!
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he magically
moves rugs across the floor with
no more than one paw!!
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and his greatest trick
yet, his food disappears in
his mouth, LOOK NO HANDS!!!!
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a few hours later
it reappears inside of
his clean litter box!!!!!!!
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now watch the sleeping
cat as his dad walks into
the destroyed household
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"what has happened here???"
dad, it was just the circus......
i think you missed it!!!!!!

[RICHARD]

I love basketball
dad sits in the recliner
during the playoffs

I snooze in his lap
til his team scores a basket-
his screams wake me up!

[RICHARD]

my dad tricked me bad,
last friday i thought he was
talking politics
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he talked about the
BAATH party, i thought the war
was over for now!
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saddam was gone and
so was that political
party that he ran....
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sunday he picked me
up and put me into the
shower while it ran
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what a dirty trick!!!!
he did not mean BAATH party!
he meant BATH party..
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I was the guest at
my very own 'BATH PARTY'
i misunderstood
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thinking about it.....
he said, 'giving the cat a
BATH IS NO PARTY'


to be continued!!!

[slick]

Richard:

Your pieces of prose are profusely profound and makes me ponder the prevailing purpose of people.....

[lbaker]

and Richard, never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you..... giving your cat a baath party? How troublesome you treacherous troubadour
L

[RICHARD]

bath party? i want
to get out of this shower.
i do not like water

dad's in the shower
trying to calm me down some
i want out of here!

what's in that bottle
what are you putting on me?
that are those bubbles?

what is this foam for?
MEOW MEOW (please, help me)
why are you laughing????

someone please help me
i'm wet and covered in foam
bath party? never again!!!

look at me, my fur
is all wet, you are laughing
and i am mad now!!!

that is more like it
turn the water off, and get
me out of this place

yes, i do smell good
what are you doing with that
towel in your hands????????


coming soon...the antics of a clean cat!

[Karen]

Poor Eddie was fooled
And bathtime is not cat fun
Recover in peace!

[RICHARD]

electricity-
the static kind-has turned my
white cat, gray again...

[RICHARD]

my clean cat attracts
over 10 percent of the
dust inside my home
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a clean cat can be
considered a dust magnet
white shows the dirt well.
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a fluffy tail used
on items left on a shelf
picks up dirt the best

[Karen]

Eddie - a new career!
You should work as a tester
For Oreck vacuums!

All dust shows up on
Your handsome white coat, so this
Should earn you some cash!

What will Eddie buy
With all that money - fish, Pounce
Or other good treats?

[RICHARD]

should the Oreck gig
fall thru, I could go to work
for Hilton Hotels!

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the biggest problem
is getting dad to take the
cobwebs off my head!!

[Barbara]

A cat like Tigris
-gray like the dust- makes most of
the dustbunnies here.

You can find Tigris'
underwool fluffy and light
in every corner.

Tigris and Eddie
one making -one removing
would make a good team