string for Zoë
Our cat Zoë’s niche includes a ‘string’.
I often say our Zoë is ‘telepathetic‘. She will sit and stare me down until I understand what she wants. Sometimes she wants food. Sometimes she wants fresh water, or an ice cube (yes, an ice cube). Sometimes she wants to play, with her string. Her trust that we will figure out what she wants is pitiful.
The string is not a special toy. Any long thin peice of string will do. A shoelace or a length of thread are all the same to Zoë.
Zoë can be an acrobat when her string is part of the action. She will stalk the string and pounce on it. She will walk upright on her back legs to reach it. Sometimes she just wants to look at it.
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telepathetic
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Zoë thinks she is telepathic
sits intently, stares at me
narrow pupils on pale green eyes
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I run the list
water, cat food, litter
such simple needs
but no thought resonates
with telepathic tremble
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string
the word vibrates
as if plucked on a guitar
Zoë blinks her eyes
looks over her shoulder, utter longing
ten inch shoelace, knot at one end
pathetic on the hearth
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black pupils open round
frank pathway to brain
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© Jane Tims 2010
© Jane Tims 2011
nichepoetryandprose 
Delightful, playful Zoë! (Cat lover here…)
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Barbara Rodgers
December 15, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Hi. Zoe is really a silly girl. Today she is running and sliding on all the rugs in the house. Jane
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jane tims
December 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Our cats share just the same markings! Mine’s called Phoebe!
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Sonya Chasey
December 15, 2011 at 11:35 am
Hi. I always thought if I had three female cats, I’d call them Zoe, Phoebe and Chloe! jane
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jane tims
December 16, 2011 at 7:32 am
I really enjoy all of your posts, the combination of photos, drawings and poetry layered over and around the actual written words is interesting and draws me to look for your posts every day. I especially like this one on your kitty. Cats know when we need them, too!
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Carol Steel
December 12, 2011 at 7:42 am
Hi. I’m glad you like my posts. I’ll visit your site too. Jane
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jane tims
December 12, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Zoë is a beautiful kitty. She reminds me a lot of Shana, a cat member of our family for 17 years. Shana liked string, too. 🙂
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Robin
December 11, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Hi. Our Zoe is fun to have around. I don’t remember laughing until she joined the family! Jane
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jane tims
December 12, 2011 at 9:18 pm