{"id":47,"date":"2004-07-10T04:57:44","date_gmt":"2004-07-10T10:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/?p=47"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:15:04","slug":"one-last-purr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/basette\/one-last-purr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"One Last Purr"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow1\">Basette was my Little Black Wonder Cat. She recently crossed the Rainbow Bridge on June 11, 2004. It has been so hard to try and write anything here since that time. This blog journaled her story, the intense roller coaster ride from February through June, and beyond.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-shadow1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceffyl.net\/images\/basette2-young.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ceffyl.net\/images\/basette2-young.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Funny how treating and nursing a pet through an illness brings you closer together. She was so intensely good about everything. Basette has always been my favorite kitty (doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t love the remaining three cats). She jumped into my life and purred ever since. Except that last day.<\/p>\n<p>I miss her. I&#8217;ve spent so many nights in tears since she passed on. Some guilt over having to make the decision to put her to sleep. First time I&#8217;ve ever cried this hard over a pet. Of course, she was the first cat I&#8217;d had for 14 years, and was by far the most unique. She used to wake me up from nightmares, ride in my lap in the car, and gain attention by scraping her claws down the wall.<\/p>\n<p>The following poem was written as a eulogy for the Little Black Wonder Cat.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>One Last Purr<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On a frost-filled February morning,<br \/>\nGas-station royalty found a suitable subject and<br \/>\nAnswered an open car-door invitation.<br \/>\nPurring louder then the engine<br \/>\nFine, foxy face with glittering gold eyes:<br \/>\nJumping onto my lap, into my life<\/p>\n<p>That first vet trip she purred:<br \/>\nVibrant, loud, pleased;<br \/>\nChewing on my finger, licking my hands<br \/>\nContent to sit on my lap and be worshiped<\/p>\n<p>She was Little Bastet<br \/>\nWhose regal bearing bespoke Ancient Egypt<br \/>\nWhere gold adorned, bejeweled cats ruled<br \/>\nAnd rumbled their pleasure like lions<\/p>\n<p>Today, her purr was hesitant<br \/>\nAn out-of-tune engine\u2019s rumble:<br \/>\nIdling, surging, whispering, roaring<br \/>\nShe squirmed, squeaked her displeasure<br \/>\nUnsure of who I was;<br \/>\nawareness escaping like mice never had<\/p>\n<p>Petite black furred form swaying<br \/>\nBack claws gripping <em>en pointe <\/em><br \/>\nslipping<br \/>\nto land softly, sideways on the floor<\/p>\n<p>Those once-agile paws, quick darting eyes<br \/>\nNow thumped into exam room walls.<br \/>\nLucidity lit by a guttered out flame,<br \/>\nDelving deeper into dementia<br \/>\nA shadow of the once-sharp mouser<br \/>\nWhose near-invisible form<br \/>\nStalked hemlines on the staircase<\/p>\n<p>Diabetes had stolen her vitality, her lucidity<br \/>\nRenal failure took all that was left<\/p>\n<p>Setting her on a soft wool bed<br \/>\nLittle black bedwarmer who cowered Keeshonds<br \/>\nDid not know who cried over her.<br \/>\nBrilliant gold eyes dimmed to bronze,<br \/>\nPurred one last time<br \/>\n(Kim Nylander, June 252004)<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basette was my Little Black Wonder Cat. She recently crossed the Rainbow Bridge on June 11, 2004. It has been so hard to try and write anything here since that time. This blog journaled her story, the intense roller coaster ride from February through June, and beyond. 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