this is the sweetest bottom of our cat ripley (aka ripples and sassy pants). we love her so much but lost her to cancer.

ripley survived a car accident in 2001 -though she lost an eye.

ripley was part rabbit: rabbit fur and rabbit paws she would pet me with. she loved to headbutt and had the tiniest meow. we will miss her.

I like to see the dust particles / In the sunlight

From our bed / The glistening speckles

They take shape / In my mind

I try to catch a glimpse of you / As the light reflects their passing by

But it's too hard to tell / The tears blind my eyes

All things come to an end / But we open and close doors

Breaks in our path we mend / But I shall look for you

In the snowflakes so much larger

For i am close behind you

And though your name / May come to my tongue less

And your presence i remember / Only in the days i've chosen

I have screamed your name today

So that it will echo back to me

The day you return into my arms to rest and all is frozen

dear Ripley, please forgive any moments we took you for granted.

ripley

ripley

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