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You Will Remember Me. Yes, I was the big brown box on wheels, the one you had so taken  for granted, you and your red, white, and blue horizons, till I rolled under the arch  and into the vast dormancy that was the Plaza Mayor in the quiet early morning, your first morning, in Madrid, and I comfort...

Snugly Bushy tail on a squirrel's nose, penguin sittin' on daddy's toes... Fox kits snoozin' in their den, brown egg underneath a hen... They might be cozy, but they can't compete with rumpled blankies and flannel sheets. Snow-covered hive's 92 degrees in the home-y combs of honey bees. Tulip bulbs ...

Pookie is our black cat lying in the sun.

My Kleenex Box Ah-choo. Ahhh-choo.           Uh-oh... Ah-uh-ah-ah-choo!           Here we go again. Ah-uh-ah-uh-AHHH... Ah-uh-ah-CHOO!           Yep . Here comes the hand.           Gonna gut me like a brookie. RRRRRRRip! AHHHHH-CHOOOOOO! RRRip!           Prometheus ain't got nuthin' on me.  

Pookie, Our Black Cat Wannabe Pookie stretches, rolls over in the sunlight. Her dark gray undercoat emerges in thick clumps. From her sides reddish-brown hair rises and falls imperceptibly. Silver tips glisten. In the shadows of her jaws lurk shades of bluish-charcoal. Frosted winter grasses spring ...