{"id":2759,"date":"2025-10-07T20:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-neighbors-cat-under-my-car\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:04:47","slug":"the-neighbors-cat-under-my-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-neighbors-cat-under-my-car\/","title":{"rendered":"The Neighbor\u2019s Cat Under My Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spy the neighbor\u2019s cat under my car,<br>\nas I\u2019m about to fire it up and go to the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>I feel honored the cat has chosen to grace the underbelly of my car with her noble, feline presence.<\/p>\n<p>I met this cat months ago when I was talking to the neighbor who is the cat\u2019s pet; the orange and white feline wonder purred and endearingly rubbed her soft, furry body against my leg.<\/p>\n<p>I felt grateful that she accepted me like that,<br>\nas if welcoming me into a human cat kinship with her.<\/p>\n<p>I hate that I have to start my car and scare her away.<br>\nIt seems almost sacrilegious to me, like trashing a holy relic.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, I have to get some sustenance from the grocery store,<br>\nperhaps I\u2019ll make amends with the cat another day.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spy the neighbor\u2019s cat under my car, as I\u2019m 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&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-neighbors-cat-under-my-car\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}