You know those days when you run into the grocery store to get half ‘n’ half and come out with a gardenia bush and a headful of memories? Yeah, today was one of those days.
I came home with a
grocery store gardenia
ultimate impulseput it in my cart
every aisle made so fragrant
by my gleeful choicewedged into my car
blossoms intoxicating
I drove carefullysurrounded by scent
full of childhood memories
easter corsages
In other news, there is still some growling (all ceremonial, no violence – this is all how cat society has evolved to protect kittens from big cats. The big cats growl and hiss and run away until the kittens are judged big enough to be able to play) but Frankie seems about over it. Nyx hid the first night, so she’s running a little behind. I mean – who could resist that little face and those paws?
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