Nude (pen and pencil drawing)

Not sure when this nude was drawn. Placeholder.

Koi (pen & ink drawing)

Not sure when this koi was drawn. Could be "79. So this is a placeholder.

APHRODISIAC

APHRODISIAC

He sits with his back to me, 

and his reflection in the mirror

watches me intently. 

Quite mad, his glazed fire opal eyes peer at me. 

He had been nibbling upon the mistletoe earlier, 

and was obviously quite high on its necromantic properties. 

The druids never mentioned anything about a cat 

getting high on mistletoe. 

But then again, he doesn’t like catnip. 

Aphrodite never told him he is supposed to get high 

on catnip either. 

No date, sometime in 1978

Buggins, a large, longhair, orange, and white tabby was quite an intelligent character. Completely nuts. Bob, who thought he didn’t like cats, took the cat when we broke up. I was devastated. But I was also homeless for quite some time.

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KAT HAIKU

KAT HAIKU  

Sleepy cat stretches 

his popsicle toes furrily—

southern sun bathes him.

Asleep in a dark room, 

my gut for a launchpad, cat 

settles in for a bath.

Crumpled prayer rug 

on the floor while the glib cat 

quietly licks his paws.

Cat innocently

licks his paws, again surveys 

the prayer rug, crumpled.

Lonely, straightened rug 

waiting for the nesting cat 

to attack again.

Cat lies in waiting, 

watches rug suspiciously 

for some sign of life.

Dawn, suspiciously 

cat, and I watch each other 

for some signs of life.

Winter, 1978