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Hello Kitty III

Tiny tiger waits
Crouching behind sofa. Pounce!
Furry slipper slayed

I’m not sure what makes cats so prone to kidney disease, Danik. We lost one to that malady a while back. I gotta wonder if it’s environmental. Donno. So I remember a comedian doing a bit about house cats. The gist of it was - people don’t really know their cats all that well. He said he once had a cat named Nelson, or thought he did. He found out Nelson also lived with family a half mile away. The cat would eat dinner at his house and then make his way over the hill and eat another dinner with his other family, whose kids had named him Charlie and assumed he was their cat.

Enjoyed #III :)

The ads I get on fb (because I have a few 'cat feeds') mention taurine deficiency as a factor... I'm sure there are more.

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tailor

Enjoyed the poem in III!

What I know is that cats need much water. One should distribute water pots in the different rooms of the house or even buy a water fountain if the cats are used to drinking running water. Also ne should alternate dry food with wet food an avoid salty food like the beloved tuna fish. All this accordin̈g to my cat's vet.

I'm probably guilty of giving the little guy too much tuna because he really-really likes it, but he gets plenty of water. We have several bowls around the house, and I always leave the lid up.

My Tino loved it too, he ate it, when he couldn't eat anything else. There are sardines too. The vet used to say that they are the perfect food for cats.

I ration tuna, for Tinky and myself... mercury concerns... but when he is allowed he loves it :) He always has kibble out (he's a nibbler not a gobbler) and gets 1/2 small can of wet cat food daily... along with his treats at his demand :) Angel, our ferine, has a similar regimen being fed from 2-households, but mostly mine :)

Lol! Two household to attend to their demands! Angel and Nelson understand about cat well being! A daily portion of wet food seems OK for me.

Speaking of well being, we do try to limit Neko to balanced, healthy meals, but he won’t stand for it. He’s noisy when he does’t get what he wants, so he usually gets what he wants. He’s a Siamese cat, but we gave him a Japanese name, Neko-san, although I’m pretty sure he thinks of himself as The Devine Wind, but since he’s so noisy, he responds to — Shaddup-you.

He must be a number! :D

A Microhistory:

The Divine Wind Roars
Typhoon lashes Mongol fleet
Kibble bowl is filled

¡Banzai!

Lol! Enjoyed :)

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tailor

here I am

look! 'x' marks the spot
as two contrails intersect
my Gold Country sky

1/27/2026

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tailor

hope you all are well. US winter was in the news today as specially cold

Downright balmy here in the Gold Country compared to the North and East of our nation. Glad your weather has moderated a bit in S.P. :)

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tailor

storm cell

lightning and thunder
a torrent of rain passed by
then a stillness hush

4/9/2026

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tailor

toiling in the rain

toiling in the rain
a reminder that my back
has long lost its youth

4/11/2026

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tailor

worm charming

consider earthworms
the pouring rain baffles them
become easy prey

4/12/2026

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tailor

coincidence

coincidence is

God's way of blessing us in

anonymity

4/17/2026

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tailor

gold country

Code:

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      trees and grasses sow
  pollen drifts as powdered gold
        nature's alchemist

            4/19/2026

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tailor

soft Spring rainy day

soft Spring rainy day
a time for woolgathering
and Gaelic music

4/21/2026


my contribution to facebook today

protagonist asks
how to get rid of squirrels
me: don't be a nut

4/21/2026

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tailor

Robin's Day 4.23

https://www.online-literature.com/fo...p;d=1777070368

weathered sentinel
o'er sees the iris in bloom
lichens liven stone

4/24/2026

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tailor

misty lazy rain

misty lazy rain
sanctifies the early hours
lauds the Sabbath day

4/26/2026

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tailor

flower moon's rise

at flower moon rise
færies danced 'round the May pole
with uplifted eyes

5/2/2026 r. 6/2/2026

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tailor

a pixie rain

a light pixie rain
droplets like diadems gleam
on dandelions

5/4/2026

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tailor

Tried to post in Tiny Poem forum... same issues here !? Will try to debug in Tiny Poems.

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tailor

If you need help with posting, send me the poems and I'll try to post them, tailor.

Thanx... when I get on my desktop (on phone now) I'll send you the format just for giggles :)

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tailor

Ok :)

Lol! Now I'm banned too! But I understand the algorithm.
He is probably objecting to you calling a woman a "dish". And I have to agree with him

so zaftig

...............scans ok

she was quite the dish....... scans ok
p u t an hourglass to shame.......... all but the first word scans ok (p u t)
an eternal flame............................scans ok

5/6/2026

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tailor

After much troubleshooting: The offending word is put when used in L2 (lol... but not by itself as noted here)

try a substitution: offending word put with 'put'... AND IT WORKS !!! Problem solved

so zaftig

she was quite the dish
'put' an hourglass to shame
an eternal flame

5/6/2026

So the algorithm isn't as woke as one thought (lol). I use 'dish' in the most praiseworthy (albeit anachronistic) way.

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tailor

Well, in my time we used to refer to good looking men as "pão" = bread. Brazilian Portuguese is full of food and eating metaphors wenn refering to sex. So I can't say anything. Must leave it to the algorithm :D.

5.26.2026 2:30 p.m.

walking in the rain
no particular hurry
till lightning strikes near

5/26/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor