Sea Rose
By H.D.
Rose, harsh rose
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,
more precious
than a wet rose
single on a stem --
you are caught in the drift.
Stunted, with small leaf,
you are flung on the sand,
you are lifted
in the crisp sand
that drives in the wind.
Can the spice-rose
drip such acrid fragrance
hardened in a leaf?
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I got to have lunch with
Daisy sneaks onto the heating vent under the desk just before being booted.
Cinnamon's preferred snuggle spot is inside the fishie cat bed...
...while Rosie will often opt for a pile of afghans, assuming there is no lap available for a long nap.
However, evil visitors to the bird feeder will bring all three cats to the back window.
Daisy is always terribly distressed when she finds doves resting on the deck railing.
But Daisy is also perfectly content to play mountain goat and climb up on someone's back while he or she is leaning over the kitchen table and will try to nap there if not booted hastily.
In the evening after everyone finished his homework, we watched Bottle Shock, which I had almost watched with