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Things That Bang

The animals were imperfect,
long-tailed,
unfortunate in their heads.
Little by little they
put themselves together,
making themselves a landscape,
acquiring spots, grace, flight.
The cat,
only the cat
appeared complete and proud:
he was born completely finished,
walking alone and knowing what he wanted.
... the cat
only wants to be a cat
and any cat is a cat
from his whiskers to his tail,
from his hopeful vision of a rat
to the real thing,
from the night to his golden eyes. (Pablo Neruda, "Ode To The Cat")

Found two nasty little toad buggers in my clay pot and wondered who in their right mind would ever want to kiss those yucky things.

Posted by Deepti Lamba on June 5, 2008 09:43 PM StumbleUpon Toolbar Stumble It! digg this del.icio.us Fark It | Permalink

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LOL! And on my last visit to the bookshop, I found a book called 'The Princess' Guide to Kissing Frogs'!!!

Posted by: IdeaSmith | June 6, 2008 04:56 PM

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