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I Alone … and Cricket the Cat (poem)

New Quadrille prompt, a dVerse poem of just 44 words with a word to include . This time around, in the prompt from Lisa, the word is “with”. And the 44 word count does not include the title by the way.

Well, I thought to one of my cats and my well practiced solitude.

I Alone … and Cricket the Cat

I alone

mostly

with intent

No sympathies fished

.

Alone  

with company

only of a blind/deaf cat for dinner

and unknowing muse

of word’s dessert

.

Alone  

I embrace Cricket’s solitude

as my own

with only laps and words

Needed for us to feel

in tandem

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11 responses to “I Alone … and Cricket the Cat (poem)”

  1. msjadeli Avatar
    msjadeli

    You got me in the feels there, Frank… What a gem Cricket is. Glad you and Cricket have each other.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Got ya in the feels? 🙂 🙂 So glad ya liked and thank you!!

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      1. msjadeli Avatar
        msjadeli

        Indeed it did. You are very welcome 🙂

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  2. D. Avery @shiftnshake Avatar
    D. Avery @shiftnshake

    Cricket seems like a fine one to be with. How old is he? I can’t tell if my 16+ cat is gone deaf or is just responding to my (commands) in a catlike way.

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      Stephen J Frankenberry

      In a catlike way possibly indeed!! Tell ya the truth I am not really sure how old Cricket is. She was one of my landlady’s (Celie’s) cats in my recent place before coming upstairs with me and before I ended up moving to Schenectady. She’s been with me going on 7 years now and Celie and I talked and that she might have been 6 or 7 or a little more at the time? So around the same age as yours and the possible selective cat hearing. 🙂

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  3. paeansunplugged Avatar
    paeansunplugged

    Nah! You can’t be alone with Cricket as your company. Solitude, yes … alone, no.

    A wonderful Q, Stephen.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      So right P! And thank you. She has some definite quirks but she is the bast lap and sleep company!

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  4. Paul Bowler Avatar
    Paul Bowler

    Gives us all the feels with that one. With Cricket you are never truly alone. Feline solitude is made for two.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Ya got that Paul!! 🙂

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  5. Cris Avatar
    Cris

    I think it’s not likely to be alone, or lonely, with Cricket around. Like the others, got all the feels here!

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Thanks Cris, and apparently Cricket has hit on a “feels” theme. Nicely done my furry pal!!

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