One Cat's Memorial

Unless you've been asleep all day and most of the night, you've probably heard about today's terrorist attack on London's underground transit system, the Tube, and a double-decker bus. Cats sometimes squabble over things like food, lovers and territory, but we can't understand the rationale behind acts of violence like this. I wonder if humans will ever evolve out of their violent natures. Nothing should be an excuse for violence, not even religion. Humankind must accept their differences. Until they do so, peace will be nothing more than a wish. This is a sad day for the entire human race and concerned cats like me.

I'm also disturbed by another story I heard about today. A two-headed kitten was born last month and died before it reached the second week of life. It's amazing that the kitten had two heads. I always gawk with wonder at the Animal Planet programs that show two-headed snakes and turtles and livestock with extra limbs. But the thing that bothered me about this story is the fact that the kitten's owner has been breeding miniature cats, and this kitten was the offspring of one of these tiny felines and a normal cat. The breeder wants to market her own "line" of miniature cats. To me, this reeks of greed and a thirst for publicity, not love for cats or the desire for betterment of a species.

Two-Faced Kitten Dies

Here is a poem my lady has been working on. It's not quite where she wants it to be, but she wanted me to post it to honor the Londoners who died today for no good reason:

"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."
—Heinrich Heine, from his play Almansor (1821)

ALL THIS BURNING

We need fires that burn
from deep inside.

Fires that leap from our fingers,
race across countries,
ignite smoldering hearts.

Let us be fire spirits
whose flames wash away
this demon’s nest,

this burning.

Copyright 2005 by Karen D. Mitchell

Good night everyone, and take care of one another.