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mr stubby formerly mr anxiety
now becoming mr winsome and mr play with me pleeeese
had a rude shock the other day

he's the most fastidious of the bunch 'o' four felines
always immaculate and silken coated

his tidyness hasn't rubbed off on his human slave
who tends to shed her long hair wherever

stubs must have ingested some
which traveled the length of his innards intact

my first clue to his predicament
was his galloping exit from the kitty litter one day
as if the hounds of hell were after him

then he'd stop
look around
and leap for cover once more
convinced that he was being pursued by demons

i will restrain from further detail
except to say that soap on a rope came to mind

his relief at my saving him from a fate worse than death
was only exceeded by the intensity of my guffaws
which still plague me now and again



janet paterson
52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0
a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/>
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