Rose and Jack


Aren't they sweet?  
No, don't look at the floor, its a losing battle keeping it cat track free.  
Aren't they sweet?  
Well, only when they're sleeping 
which 
isn't 
when
 we're 
sleeping.  

Sometimes 
when I see Rose napping,
 lying all relaxed 
 curled up
I want to shake her, 
I want to do something to wake her, 
to annoy her the way she annoys me 
every morning 
crying and scratching on the bedroom door.  

That door 
 is shut against both of them
because 
one of them peed the bed 
then the other peed it to re-mark it .. 
not recently, 
no, it was
months and months ago
 but every time I think I can trust them 
I remember how much it cost to replace 
FOUR 
pillows
 that were used in this
pissing contest
of this is mine, 
no its mine.  
Well, hello, its 
MINE!

Jack started trying to get the door open by scratching at it, 
digging at the wood, 
now he lets Rose do it 
she does with lots of mewling 
Mewling is cat whining for those who aren't owned by a cat

I try hard to ignore the noise. 
Toonman seems to not hear anything, he tunes it out
the way he tunes out the sound of my voice 
when 
I am asking him to organize the papers for the accountant 
or 
ask if he's eaten his yogurt
He simply does not hear them or me.
wha wha wha wha wha


We have Jack a year now and Rose still wishes he'd leave!
But they are sweet, aren't they.