*his poem I dedicate to my greatest friend Claudia Ferri<\/p>\n
she is my inspiration and my mentor in all things wonderful*<\/p>\n
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Its was never the dream of the<\/p>\n
feline brigade to cross over<\/p>\n
into the realm<\/p>\n
to imagine that domestication<\/p>\n
was right<\/p>\n
its reality does overwhelm<\/p>\n
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that wildness<\/p>\n
that taciturn freedom<\/p>\n
to be on one’s own in the wild<\/p>\n
so opportunistic<\/p>\n
\u00a0a very fast runner<\/span><\/p>\n its habits can be reconciled<\/p>\n <\/p>\n very long legs<\/p>\n the tallest of cats<\/p>\n and can jump some 12 feet in the air<\/p>\n has a wide ranging \u00a0diet<\/p>\n which is very good<\/p>\n its intelligent too<\/p>\n and aware<\/p>\n <\/p>\n its chiefly lets say<\/p>\n a night hunter<\/p>\n that eats very quickly<\/p>\n and can<\/p>\n choke on its food<\/p>\n its a bit of dude<\/p>\n which \u00a0doesn’t always go to plan<\/p>\n <\/p>\n it can get into scrapes<\/p>\n pretty often<\/p>\n though its solitary<\/p>\n it is strong<\/p>\n to have played with their origins<\/p>\n some say was good<\/p>\n but the servals<\/p>\n would say it was wrong<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n the cat afterall<\/p>\n was a \u00a0mish mash of breeds<\/p>\n it had lost much of its wildness<\/p>\n for the serval succeeds<\/p>\n in those close forest spaces and<\/p>\n is needful of \u00a0thought<\/p>\n its instinctive behaviour<\/p>\n of course it is sought<\/p>\n <\/p>\n qualitities clearly<\/p>\n has leapt into those<\/p>\n who shared \u00a0its \u00a0genes<\/p>\n and are still in the throes<\/p>\n of developing aspects<\/p>\n and creating strains<\/p>\n its not been that long<\/p>\n and there have been some gains<\/p>\n <\/p>\n chiefly for humans<\/p>\n that arrogant streak<\/p>\n that wish to design<\/p>\n to inherit and seek<\/p>\n the honest veracity<\/p>\n is that wildness can be<\/p>\n lost in so many ways<\/p>\n and \u00a0tragically<\/p>\n <\/p>\n is sad in so many ways<\/p>\n but there are traits<\/p>\n that domestication<\/p>\n kind of creates<\/p>\n they are more like the canines<\/p>\n they follow and can<\/p>\n be tied to a leash<\/p>\n and can leap<\/p>\n and can plan<\/p>\n to jump really high<\/p>\n inquisitive souls<\/p>\n thowbacks from their wildness<\/p>\n when certain controls<\/p>\n must be established<\/p>\n and be true to form<\/p>\n they look after themselves<\/p>\n in the hight of the storm<\/p>\n their iquisitive nature<\/p>\n can get them in scrapes<\/p>\n in indoor situations<\/p>\n all kinds of shapes<\/p>\n exist in the household<\/p>\n and therefore needs must<\/p>\n keep an eye on the hybrid<\/p>\n for they may just<\/p>\n get caught down a well<\/p>\n or wedged in some place<\/p>\n its like out in the wilds<\/p>\n its something one must face<\/p>\n they can open doors<\/p>\n they watch and they learn<\/p>\n this is survival<\/p>\n they must concern<\/p>\n themselves with new pathways<\/p>\n and ways to get free<\/p>\n they were wild afterall<\/p>\n thats how they must be<\/p>\n <\/p>\n each wins and loses<\/p>\n but really I’d say<\/p>\n the wild soul has lost out<\/p>\n his gains one can say<\/p>\n have benn quite negligible<\/p>\n so they have had to pay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n it hasn’t diluted<\/p>\n their abundant belief<\/p>\n but really in essence<\/p>\n they have come to grief<\/p>\n man kind didnt really appreciate they<\/p>\n were perfect already<\/p>\n from the first day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the greatest designer<\/p>\n and mother was there<\/p>\n she fashioned the cats<\/p>\n and was more than aware<\/p>\n of their needs and the needs<\/p>\n of the whole biosphere<\/p>\n and tinkering humans<\/p>\n were not very clear<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they are \u00a0never conversant<\/p>\n with the great scheme of things<\/p>\n the connectiveneszs<\/p>\n and all that it brings<\/p>\n they miss imperfections<\/p>\n they generally do<\/p>\n and \u00a0harp on the bigger points<\/p>\n leaving a few<\/p>\n <\/p>\n minor points often<\/p>\n very much in the air<\/p>\n they are only small bits and pieces<\/p>\n the care<\/p>\n is not that important<\/p>\n but essentially they<\/p>\n have a greater bearing<\/p>\n than man thinks okay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n which is essentially arrogance<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n lack of that instictive knowledge<\/p>\n the land<\/p>\n the aeons of \u00a0lets say experience<\/p>\n she<\/p>\n thats the great mother has<\/p>\n and a reason to see<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the serval is wild<\/p>\n the savannah \u00a0is \u00a0not<\/p>\n one lives in the house<\/p>\n tied to a spot<\/p>\n one lives in the wild<\/p>\n where the wildness is seen<\/p>\n where \u00a0the need to succeed<\/p>\n is because you have been<\/p>\n au fait with it all and can<\/p>\n run with the storm<\/p>\n one can sleep in the open<\/p>\n and take any form<\/p>\n its was not the dream of the<\/p>\n feline brigade<\/p>\n to cross over the realms<\/p>\n but it could have put paid<\/p>\n to some of the traits<\/p>\n in both camps I ‘d say<\/p>\n and its \u00a0our interference<\/p>\n thats changing the way<\/p>\n each goes about the onedaily grind<\/p>\n and this is because of the<\/p>\n lesser human mind<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n an mind<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" *his poem I dedicate to my greatest friend Claudia Ferri she is my inspiration and my mentor in all things wonderful* Its was never the dream of the feline brigade to cross over into the realm to imagine that … Continue reading