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October 14, 2007

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Today’s Stories

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 The Ownership of Henri

Louise Nomani

He slinks through my house with yellow eyes that measure the universe and measure me as a sidelight.  One ear is flattened and follows the plane of his head without a ripple.  The other is of modest normalcy and works as his weathervane to assess dangers on his turf. He tilts his head just a little to catch me out of the corner of his eye.  He is hungry. He is a Panther on the prowl and soundless as he moves from space to space. The crouch by the chimney did not yield a mouse to wet his appetite.  I must rise and do his bidding.

He goads me to action; I have hesitated too long.  He extends the sharp claws on his feet into the Oriental carpet and then looks me in the eye daring me to stay in my chair. 

Damn cat, Cat that stirs me from sleep at 5 in the morning and owns the bed at night time.  Damn cat that stirs me from chair in the middle of a sentence.  Who wants Henri?  Who owns Henri?

Damn cat came from the night and was like a shadow moving to me, with me, about me and tangling my feet.  He stayed the night and now taunts the sunshine with his darkness.  Cat takes the sun’s energy and rushes through my day giving dimension to the corners of my life.  Then, it is dark again, and by midnight he is lost once more in the folds of the comforter.  Who owns Henri?

Cat comes to me now.  It is a benign moment, and he looks at me with love and devotion.  He purrs with contentment.  He rubs against my legs and through my legs and tilts his head to look up at me.  He is a very black cat, and he sinks teeth, not too gently, into my ankle.  It is a gesture of affection, a gesture of ruling. 

         “Yes, of course, black cat.  You are mine and I am yours.”  This Chat Noir will be a prince in this small kingdom, and will rule me as he chooses.  Damn cat.  He owns me.

Louise Nomani August 07

windmill@tdstelme.net

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A Lesson Learned

B. J. Cassady
 
    This morning I learned another lesson from one of my dogs, Sandi.  My wife was going to feed leftover meatloaf to the dogs, all four dogs were in the kitchen and I was in the dining room.  Diana put the meatloaf in two dog dishes.
Sandi left the food alone and came to sit next to me.  She was looking to be fed differently.  She wanted my attention, to be loved and petted.  The other dogs ate the food.
 
   This made me think about myself.  If a material nicety was put before me as a choice between my home and family or my God what would be my choice?  Hopefully I would choose
the non-material.  I see the choices people make everyday and the consequences of their action.  My father died in the streets of Kansas City, homeless because he was a slave to his addiction.  His choice was the physical choice of booze but in actuality, it was the non-material choice of addiction.
I pray that I continue to choose my family, my love, my faith and continue the path to eternal reward and when temptation arises, and it will, I remind myself of the simple choice that
my dog Sandi, makes everyday.  She chooses me.
 
BJ Cassady

bj.Cassady@af-group.com

Poetry Corner

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  Lasting Love

Cheryl Williams

This heart has grown weary

and no longer can it pretend;

The love is too deep,

and try as I may,

nothing can replace it.

What's the use in even trying?

No gesture, no touch,

no words can fill me,

when all that I ache for

is you.

Oh, how I remember

the days of our beginning!

We were so young,

so in love, and

the promise inside of us

was fueled by so much hope

for the future.

Time has changed how we love,

but time cannot change

the way we feel inside.

Even on those days when

you seem so distant, lost

in a world all your own,

I see a glimmer there

of what was, and i know

it is still there, deep inside,

waiting to be rekindled.

When you come near to me,

my heart still flutters,

and my hands reach out

for your warmth.

My lips still long for yours,

and my body still needs

your strong arms enfolding me.

Life has not always been kind to us,

and the scars are many,

but through it all

we've stood beside each other,

and God has held us together

when we were falling to pieces.

We never ran.

We never quit.

We stayed the course.

We've laughed and cried.

We've raised our children.

We've come so far to get to this place.

Yes, it's a different place, and

sometimes it scares us.

But I'm not going anywhere.

How can I when I've loved you

for so long?

Cheryl Williams

politicalgirl04@aol.com

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