In the face of mortal danger I would
use myself as a human shield
to protect my cat and so would he.

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Going home.

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Strip 017 CATS OVER COFFEE

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Strip 157. The Adult Manual

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The light at the
end of the tunnel
is the torch you hold
in your own hand.

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The only reason I don't
like travelling is no matter
where I go I can't seem
to leave myself behind.

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Life during lockdown can be summed in
it’s like scratching and petting your cat
for half an hour and he’s purring away
happily and then as soon as you’re done
he begins to clean himself and remove
all evidence that you were ever there

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Even immortals
Dare not walk in the sun
For fairness this world builds not
For every measure of beauty
Is with a thousand crushed dreams bought

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Tiny flowers of name unknown
Bring to me your keeper
That I may ask, what of those
Stomped beneath boot, crushed
To make fragrance dear

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To hold a day of liquid sun
Burnt palm through
Throbbing head, veins, and sinew
To lie in this old, battered cell
And still fine beauty anew

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