kitty ditty

[constantine]

kitty cat kitty cat
meow meow meow
kitty cat kitty cat
now now now
likes to play
but doesn't fetch
see him work
upon the stretch
kitty cat kitty cat
meow meow meow

[constantine]

i am without shame.

[Doreen Peri]

you're ameeewsing poem is purrrfectly feline

[constantine]

you have a cat; don't you doreen? i saw a white one in front of your house. what's its name?

[Doreen Peri]

yes... his name is mingus



he's a mass murderer

[Doreen Peri]

i used to have a cat named pandora

i named her that because of her box

[constantine]

they're killers, but they got style!

[Lightning Rod]

how I miss the little murderer
it didn't take Mingus a hot two weeks to clear out the stupid birds
after that he would strike the slower ones and other targets of opportunity

never showed one bit of remorse

[Doreen Peri]

how I miss the little murderer
it didn't take Mingus a hot two weeks to clear out the stupid birds
after that he would strike the slower ones and other targets of opportunity

never showed one bit of remorse

I wonder what you're talking about. Bizarre statement. What stupid birds? What slower ones? Which two weeks? What targets of opportunity? Strange post. I don't get it. I'm sure he misses you, too, tho. At least you could pet him without sneezing, unlike me.

[Lightning Rod]

I don't know what's hard to understand about this, doreen
it's just an observation of natural behavior

maybe I shouldn't call certain birds stupid, that's cruel
perhaps they were just behind on the learning curve, survivally challenged
once the birds in the neighborhood learned that he was deadly
they were a little more careful about him
hell, they had the crow police working
to call out a warning when he came on the scene

[Doreen Peri]

Ahhh! The missing information! I see! The missing information is this........ "it didn't take but two weeks AFTER HE CAME TO LIVE AT THE HOUSE" .... the 2 weeks you refer to was the missing information.... other missing information was this

once the birds in the neighborhood learned that he was deadly
they were a little more careful about him
hell, they had the crow police working
to call out a warning when he came on the scene

That's good writing. That tells people what you mean. Thanks!

[Lightning Rod]

let me say this to you doreen
I always appreciate constructive criticism
you have helped me in a good way over the years
to be more conscious about explaining things carefully

I need this influence because I tend to assume that the reader will bring something with him. In fact I demand that the reader bring something with him if he wants to take something home.

They taught us in journalism school that we should aim for an audience that had a seventh grade education. I keep having to remind myself of this fundamental even when I would prefer to ignore it.

[Doreen Peri]

oh ok