Still

“About a cat, and his mistress.”

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Still

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still
it sits

atop the bench
by our garden wall
just where she left it

our cat Taja
hides inside at play
pokes up his furry head
to look my way

he knows
it is her can

he waits every day
for his mistress
to tenderly pat his head
to reach her gentle hand
and lift her can

how many lilies
has it nourished
how many daisies
lilacs
roses
how many morning glories

it dispenses
its life giving waters
so gracefully in her hand

a delicate hand
gentle in its loving touch

gentle in its task
of planting
gentle in its tend

but rugged on any weeds
threatening her garden

she
the giver of life
the guardian
of her realm

but she could not stop
all that threatened
and I had not
her gift of giving life

and so it rests
atop the bench
just where she left it

no longer is it lifted
by her tender nurturing hand

that hand now
is still

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rob kistner © 2019


 
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  • 18 thoughts on “Still”

      1. It is fiction Judy, compiled from fragments of experiences and impressions garnered in my nearly 73 years on spaceship earth. When I write about actual, specific events, I supply a backstory — to elevate clarity. Edgrrr, I am quite certain, is a gentle, loving, “laid-back” extraterrestrial, from the planet Woodstock! He is one groovy dogg. 🙂 I love him madly!

    1. AH! So emotive with its unfolding torrent of images — I really like your character sketch. The ‘g-words’ are so well done too. 🙂

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