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• Memorial Day

  May 29, 2018

  Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie-- Dust unto dust-- The calm, sweet earth that mothers all who die As all men must; Mourn not your captive comrades who must dwell-- Too strong to strive-- Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, Buried alive; But rather mourn the apathetic throng-- ...

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• Serenity Prayer (short version)

  April 16, 2018

  Fuck it.

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• Prayer for Yom HaShoah

  April 12, 2018

  Ribbono shel Olam -- Master of the Universe: On this most solemn of occasions, we open our hearts, minds, and souls to you. As we remember the six million, the eleven million, the indifference, and the evil; As we honor the heroes, the martyrs, the survivors, and the victims; We ask you to soothe...

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• Peach Pit

  April 10, 2018

  Peach dashed out the door while I was taking out the garbage at about 5:00.  I had a big, heavy garbage bag and two empty cat litter containers, so it took me a few seconds to put it all down.  By then, she had completely disappeared. So, from about 5:05 to 6:47, I walked around…

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• 🍑

  February 10, 2018

  When I drove home from visiting my family late Christmas night, I saw a cat.  Strays are common in my apartment complex, but a glimpse or two is all I've ever caught of one; they keep close to the walls and bushes and flee when they spot a human. But right at the last corner…

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• Laudate Dominum

  February 9, 2018

  Praise the Lord that her decline was so swift and that she did not suffer long. Glory to God that I held her as she took her last breath, that my face was the last thing she saw, that my words of love and reassurance were the last sound she heard.  When she reached for…

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• Death Mask

  February 5, 2018

  This is the last picture of Ankhesnamun.  My dad couldn't understand why I wanted a picture of her dead.  But it's the last picture I'll ever have. She died in my arms about two hours ago.  My dad came with a box to take her away about an hour ago, and finally convinced me to…

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• Ankhesnamun, Count Catcula

  February 4, 2018

  We shall begin by reciting from the Holy YouTube video: "...and they implored Him that they might just touch the tip of His tail; and as many as touched it were cured."  The word of Our Lord, World's Funniest Cats 14:36. And now, let us bow our heads in prayer to Ceiling Cat, beseeching him to&he...

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• Ankhesnamun, Queen of All She Surveys

  February 3, 2018

  I can take her to the vet on Wednesday.  I thought we could go today, but they're short a doctor, I guess. She ate last night and even tried to take Peach's food. But she wouldn't eat this morning, though she did come out to drink some water and pee next to the litter box.…

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