affection
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Chocolate Grahams
Like rich, dark chocolateon a golden graham cracker,your love enrobes me. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Winter Wish #8
This winter,may a catfind heaven on your lap. Close your eyes,and he will purr youacross the border of selfinto the plains of presence. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Feline Healing
I hold my cat,and he holds me. It may be the release of endorphinsor the exchange of spirit,golden and shimmering– but we heal– both he and I– we heal. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Senior Cats
They are now eight.How can a creature of eight yearsbe "senior"?They eat "senior" food.They go for annual "senior" exams. My other cat(companion of my adult life)lived to be nineteen.If eight means "senior,"what was she? I am fifty-eight,a week from fifty-nine.What… Continue reading
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Morning Ritual
Romeo, one of our two black Mumbai cats, walks over to his brother Willy, already stretched on the carpet in front of me. Romeo, too, lies down, and nestles his head into his brother's–Willy starts grooming him, throwing one front… Continue reading
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Come to Me
Come to me;kick off your shoes. Come to me;let slip the mask.Breath.Smile only if you want to.Cry when needed.Speak your mind. Come to me;regroup;hide. Come into peace. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading