Mooky's First Christmas!

Mooky's First Christmas!

kitty looks incredulously
at the fir tree
horizontally placed
on our back porch…
sick tree, she concludes,
runs around it
jumps in and out
of its branches…
5 minutes of pure fun…
and it’s only just started!
she sits,
hiding in amongst its pricklies
little gray tabby
with the distinctive "M"
on her forehead
she thinks it stands for "Mooky"
and it does,
barely visible through the greenery
huge slate blue eyes
looking out
wondering what comes next?
the fir is pulled along to the door
with no regard for her dish
on the back stoop
spilling its contents
and toppling down the steps,
free ride for Mooky!
"and a tabby in a fir tree!"
the small feline clings as mightily as
her little pink paws will allow
we stand the tree up…
no easy task!
Christmas brings a whole new perspective
even for cats
but she wants down
and her kitten memory has failed her
(how DID I get out of that thick cedar
I played in last summer?)
we extricate her with
"The Jaws of Life"!
Big Long Leather Gloves
especially designed
for handling prickly needles
AND
sharp claws of terrified stranded kittens!
and now
for the strings of lights!

(to be continued on the next post, once we replace all the chewed up wires! We didn't get pics of this but this is Mooky exploring evergreens and various highlights in our back yard last winter.)