Perfect moments are far too ephemeral
Most days feel more like I've taken demerol
Sleep is all the ease I can find
Though I don't mind occasionally mounting a behind
Volunteers around here are so flighty
After "yes" the howling's far too mighty
Guess I'll just go back to dozing days
Till PUdee returns like always
The courtyard was drenched in sunlight and nekos
A lazy midday moment
Slanting rays cast dappled shadows through the slotted stand
As Nouna lay in solitary splendor amidst the newshorn grass
Comet, eager to please, pleaded her case, for once silently
While Ajax scoured the exterior of the still smoky grill
For signs of life - or remnant morsels
JJ stood silent sentinel, back clearly defined in the doorway
As is his wont when the Lady is abroad
And I? I am at peace, here beneath my PUdee's loving digits
And then
A twitter, a chirp, furious yipping
The peace is shattered
As fur flies, first forward, then inward
Motion, unrest, distress -
The campaign's over, the fight is all but done;
And life returns to placidity and coolness in our shaded den
