Day: October 7, 2025

You see her face
her hair
her eyes
her smile
her alluring body
her enchanting moves
her endearing gestures
This are but the moving parts

The keeper of her secrets
the queen of her intelligence
the source of who she is
the generator of her actions
is her gray matter
her wonanly brain

This is what you should
pay more attention to
rather than being swept away
your mind mesmerized
by the siren-like beauty
of her moving parts

Bob Boyd

I spy the neighbor’s cat under my car,
as I’m about to fire it up and go to the grocery store.

I feel honored the cat has chosen to grace the underbelly of my car with her noble, feline presence.

I met this cat months ago when I was talking to the neighbor who is the cat’s pet; the orange and white feline wonder purred and endearingly rubbed her soft, furry body against my leg.

I felt grateful that she accepted me like that,
as if welcoming me into a human cat kinship with her.

I hate that I have to start my car and scare her away.
It seems almost sacrilegious to me, like trashing a holy relic.

But, alas, I have to get some sustenance from the grocery store,
perhaps I’ll make amends with the cat another day.

Bob Boyd

The Challenge of the Coming Cold

I look forward to the coming cold weather,
the challenge of surviving it with little heat –
intentionally.

Comforters and Sherpa blankets, layers
of warm clothing.

Fire proof space heaters only when
absolutely necessary.

Windows weatherized, door draft stoppers
ready for use.

An indomitable will to withstand the cold,
the challenge, the triumphant victory over it.

Bob Boyd