Observation - August 4th, 2019, Sunday

Observation

There is soft light coming through the windows

Cool air after an evening of rain

Sparrows chatter in elms

Kitty looks out the window and day dreams

A motorcycle rumbles down Bryant

The news is filled with tragedies

It is of angry white-men murdering dozens of people

Terrorism in Texas and Ohio

It the two hundred and sixteenth day of the year

Two hundred and fifty mass-shooting

With no end in sight

Twenty-nine dead and dozens hurt

Each shooting took a matter of seconds

The world turns, the light in Minnesota is soft the air is cool

Sparrows chatter in the elms

Kitty listens and watches the morning traffic on the avenue

Observation - July 4th, 2019, Thursday

It is cool in the morning, and sunny

People walking by the lakeside, dogs alongside them

The air is still

The face of the water is smooth and glassy

Millfoil breaking the surface near the fishing dock, by the shore

Listen to the walleye jumping

The sound of running shoes thumping

It is slow on the street

Observation - June 4th, 2019, Tuesday

There is the soft light of morning in late spring

The solstice is approaching, summer will soon be in full swing

A bus rumbles by the window, the number 4, rolling down Bryant

The noise filters in through the window screen, with a cool breeze.

Kitty licks a spot of butter from her paw

A dog is barking on his morning walk

People are stirring on their way to work

The birds have grown quiet for the rush hour

Observation - Thursday, April 4th

Observation

It is still dark outside

It is quiet on Bryant

            The bus just rolled by, high pitched engine

Breaking up the silence

Kitty stirring beneath her blanket on couch

Under the orange and white stripped tent

I make for her in the morning

She thinks she is a cave lion

Observation - March 4th, 2019, Monday

The coffee pot is gurgling

The news is playing clips

The president making a fool of himself

Cursing on TV, lying

The five o’clock bus passes by

It is cold outside, negative 10

My lady is preparing to leave for work

Kitty is following her around

Observation - February 4th, 2019, Monday

There is a knocking sound coming from the refrigerator

I listen to the heavy breathing of my cat

Curled up behind me on the couch

Resting on her white blanket

Maybe she knows I am writing about her

She lifts her head up and squints

Maybe it is the noise coming from the kitchen

The knocking noises mimic the scurrying of mice

Random, faint, clicks and scratches

Like a voice calling to kitty

Get up and play.

Observation - January 4th, 2019, Friday

Observation

My lady tells me about her dreams

Playing string with Kitty, pouncing

The smell of coffee fills the house

In the dark morning, dressing, typing

I am listening, chatting with them

In the hour before sunrise

Observation - December 3rd, 2018, Monday

Observation

The world outside my window is covered in ice and snow

We are plunging into winter, and it is cold

I woke up parched, with the radiators drying out the house

Running hot all day, non-stop

Kitty is curled up in a ball on the couch

She slept under my arm all night

She is complaining about the snowy-world

With all the rabbits and the squirrels having gone to rest

Observation - November 3rd, 2018, Saturday

Observation

It is the 6^th hour of the third day of the eleventh month

There is traffic on the street in the cool November dark

It will be brighter at this hour tomorrow, saving daylight

My kitty does not read a clock, she has one inside her

Tick-tocking with the rapid beat of her kitten’s heart

She is curled up on the couch and I listen to her breathing