Strauss Says Hullo

When I look at you

I realise how empty your thoughts are

how un-clustered your mind must be

It’s overwhelming to watch 

diverse expressions

cross your cute wrinkled forehead

It’s to you that I find most difficult to bid good bye

when I pack my bags and leave home.

your face speaks a thousand words at many such occasions

Being welcomed home by you

with your endlessly wagging tail;

being woken up each morning 

with your impatient scratching and whining,

your presence in our lives is so big

Watching you patiently wait right under the gas stove

as I cook up a long meal;

Seeing you disappear under the bed to escape a shower,

and run wild after the poor pussy who tries, each time, in vain, to befriend you,

are wonderful sights in itself.

To people who do not find any meaning in loving animals,

I have only one answer ; They experience all that we experience

                                         we crave and long for. In no greater or lesser measure.

"I feel sleepy. Pleeeese put me down!"

"Who is snoring (apart from me)?"

The Intent Listener- when I tell him that his food will be ready in a few minutes, this is what I get

I enjoy the company of girls!:( 

"Where the hell is my food???! "

after food-drifting into nap-phase: "Do Not Disturb!"

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