Poem: "The Thermotropism of Purring Pets"
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"The Thermotropism of Purring Pets"
To cats,
the sun is
a supermagnet.
They are drawn to
its warm rays the way
bees are drawn to flowers.
One may easily find
the warmest spot in a home
simply by searching for the cats.
They turn up
in cuddle puddles
and unexpected fur piles.
Each curled and
resonant form is a reminder
to pause and take part in comfort.
No day containing time
spent with a contented cat
can be counted a complete loss.
* * *
Notes:
Thermotropism is the movement of an organism toward or away from a directional source of temperature change. Cats are profoundly thermotropic.
Cats are so soothing that they are used as therapy animals.
crowdfunding Creative Jam, inspired by a prompt from siliconshaman. "The Thermotropism of Purring Pets"
To cats,
the sun is
a supermagnet.
They are drawn to
its warm rays the way
bees are drawn to flowers.
One may easily find
the warmest spot in a home
simply by searching for the cats.
They turn up
in cuddle puddles
and unexpected fur piles.
Each curled and
resonant form is a reminder
to pause and take part in comfort.
No day containing time
spent with a contented cat
can be counted a complete loss.
* * *
Notes:
Thermotropism is the movement of an organism toward or away from a directional source of temperature change. Cats are profoundly thermotropic.
Cats are so soothing that they are used as therapy animals.
OOH!
Date: 2016-02-20 11:16 pm (UTC)And the last stanza just perfects it.
Re: OOH!
Date: 2016-02-20 11:31 pm (UTC)Yay!
>>And the last stanza just perfects it.<<
That was actually the prompt, slightly tweaked for phrasing.