The Pet Chronicles: Curty and His Couch
67Poem as really short story
Pets. They are the backbone of a happy society! There are many animal people I had the pleasure of loving over the years. I told you I was full of pet stories and this one is a very short story told in poem form.
They keep us amused; they steady us back to balance. They cause us to laugh out loud at their antics; they keep us sane in a chaotic world. You have only to watch a pet food ad on TV to learn the obvious about modern society: They demand and we answer the call.
This little story is simple in form and the telling but long on the message: Pets know when we are stressed and take measures to balance us. That, and you know you are really in trouble when your pet cat lays dibs on owning the couch. So, what's his password? Read on.
Who said it had to be a long story? Use the idea of poetry form for a really really short story! Enjoy! And, yes, this is a fast easy read.
Curty luxuriating on his couch
The Pet Chronicles: Curty and His Couch
Bar room
Bouncer,
Burly,
Heavily
Muscled,
Pale gold
Tiger cat
His is The
Curty Cartier.
Speaking
Loudly
To
His Persons:
Come
Join
Me!
His Persons,
Glancing
Across
The room,
Busy
In
The kitchen:
Will you
Look at that!
They exclaim.
He
Thinks
It’s
His couch!
Curty,
High pitched,
Squeaks,
He’s
A
Tenor,
Invites
Again:
Watch TV
With me,
Won’t you?
Pleasing
Cat smile
Wide.
His Persons,
Loudly
Huffing
And,
Just a bit
Indignant:
Whose couch
Is this anyway?
This cat
Is really
Something!
Curty,
Sweetly,
Oh,
So agreeably,
Persistent insistent:
I need some company!
Come sit with me,
He implores.
You know
You need
To pet me!
His Persons,
Giving
Curty
The
Stern and
Disapproving
Eye:
Whose
Couch
Is it, Curty?!
Curty,
Sweet faced,
With big eyes
Lifted up
To greet
His Persons:
My couch!
Curty and his Hollywood glamour closeup
His Persons do not yet understand Curty's motives
His Persons,
Now really,
Truly annoyed:
Whose
Couch
Is it,
Big Guy?
Curty,
Smiling,
Thinking
His Persons
Are playing
A fun game:
My couch!
He answers back.
His Persons,
totally
Exasperated:
Whose
Couch
Is it,
After all,
Cat!?
Curty,
Yawning
Widely,
Stretching out
His long body,
Flexing
His
Ferocious
Menacing
Claws,
Oh,
So relaxed:
It’s
My
Couch!
Blinking slowly,
Confident,
I
Thought
You
Already
Knew
That!
His Persons,
Worn
Down,
Shrugging
Their
Shoulders,
Resigned,
Starting
To
Smile
In
That
Moment,
Look
At
Each
Other
In agreement:
OK,
It's
Curty’s
Couch!
Curty smiled
As he saw
His Persons
Approach
His couch:
I
Just
Knew
You
Would see
Things
My way.
Now,
Don’t
Forget
To massage
My paws
After you
Settle in and
Get yourselves
Nice and
Comfortable
With me.
I purr
really nice,
Don’t
You think?
Aren’t
You glad
You
Joined me
On
My couch?
We are all
Having
Such
A
good
Time.
Curty,
Smiling,
I know I am.
Remember this pet proverb: Pets keep us in our place – right where they want us – filling the food bowl and changing the TV channels.
*** For another even more amusing pet poem, this one about a Greyhound dog who is quite the cad in the romance department, enthralling every woman who meets him, read: Writing Love Poetry: Part 2. The poem is called: The Interesting Man.
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Hi, G-Ma, thanks for stopping by for a visit! I see you know Curty's sister - they must have some Siamese in them for he too is quite the talker and follower as well! and yes, too, all those places - guess it's a protector thing as they think you might be vulnerable while indisposed. :)
I love it! i, too am a cat person. I have a very prissy puss who thinks the entire house is hers. Good hub!
Madison
Denny, this brought a smile to my face. We have two cats who both rule the roost around here. What USED TO BE our favorite chair and ottoman is now owned by Dusty. Peaches often wakes me up at night when she decides to "groom" my hair by licking it. Most often one or the other is on the desk with me while I am TRYING to see the computer screen. I can get them to lie down by brushing them or if I REALLY want the space for myself, I can always haul out the nail clipper. That gets them off of the desk! Ha!
Hi, Peggy W, thanks for stopping by for a little grin of the day! I gave up worrying about who owns what around here a long time ago. Though we get tired of the pet hair I've taken to putting a top sheet over my bed comforter so it's easy to wash and wash often.
Chairs get towels purchased just for the feline crowd. These days they get picky and change sleeping places if I don't change the towels every couple of days. They are characters, aren't they? I love my pets.
My husband and I have begun plotting how we can teach them to vacuum, sweep and wash. We've even contemplated getting them to wash the dishes instead of us.
Sometimes, in the middle of the night the cats check on us by getting on the bed, standing on our chests, staring at us nose to nose with their whiskers tickling. Interestingly enough, they tend to wake me up when I'm not breathing well. Quite the little helpers.
Sometimes, the humidity is so high here in Louisiana that it just locks up the oxygen in the air making it more effort to breathe well - especially when you've had pneumonia several times like I've had. That's when it's best to get up, exercise a little and then back to bed.
Then Leonardo The Love Bandit cuddles up under my arm and next to my heart; it isn't long before live-cat-as-teddy-bear has us both passed out in a deep sleep. Then my husband wakes up and says, "Hey! Hold it down over there! You two are snoring the rooftops off!" It wasn't me; blame the cat. :)
The poem is refreshing and the proverb is hilarious, now truly that speaks the truth.:)
Absolutely gorgeous Hub and timeless, too. Here it is 13 months after your writing, and the photos and words are fresh, fresh, fresh!
Although I am a cat person, I have no cats these days. Your Curty reminds me so much of my late Ed, who made it clear to me that I existed in HIS house for the sole purpose of meeting HIS every need, which of course I did, gladly.
Thumbs up!
Hi, Sallys Trove, thanks for visiting! How about an "Ed" piece? I bet you will have us all laughing! Cats don't do tricks - they get their humans to do the tricks. Now that's talent...
G-Ma Johnson Level 4 Commenter 3 years ago
Wow what a nice looking cat and so loving and friendly...I Love my cat also and she is everything to me...follows me everywhere...talks to me...yells at me...cuddles with me and even warns me when it is time to get off this computer....sits beside me wherever i go...even comes into the bathroom with me hee hee LOL ...really she does...sweet hub thanks...G-Ma :o) Hugs & Peace