Strange Thanks

On the last night of this holiday weekend, here’s a little poem—aka an excuse to share a cat painting! Cheers to gratitude—in all its expected and unexpected forms.

Strange Thanks

The cat stretches

awake after dreaming

of a bigger belly

to fill with birds.

I pet his fur ‘till—

purring. Hope 

he’ll remember

how well he’s fed.

Blue jays fly past,

oddly silent,

in a blur of canny

gratitude. 

PS: You can find prints of this and other cats here.