[lifeinpoetry]

“I need your teeth in me, slow and vicious, to tell me my armor is just skin, bones, only bones.”

— Jamaal May, from “The Whetting of Teeth,” The Big Book of Exit Strategies

[kafk-a]

Richard Siken, “Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out” from Crush

[feral-ballad]

Louise Glück, From Descending Figure; “Epithalamium”

[enokky]

只見線

[iamsittingdown]

[unavoidable-changes]

[melisica]

(by masamonster)

[neckkiss]

[mareamo]

[priveting]

[interrogado]

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[major]

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[violetohara]

Tiny dirty stray kitten hanging out at the bottom of our stairs since yesterday. There are a lot of self-reliant ferals around our apartment, but this little thing was dirty & covered in burrs. We gave it some chicken but couldn’t catch it. I think it may have wandered over from the outdoor cat hoarder colony down the street; that house is awful & we saw kittens there last week.

This morning the downstairs neighbor managed to grab it for us, and I put it on this cozy towel & started combing and picking the burrs & sticks out of its fur. It calmed down immediately and has been chilling here with me in the kitchen ever since. Got a vet appointment in an hour to get my little buddy cleaned up & checked out. I hope it isn’t too sick; I think it might have a cold.

If we can, we are probably going to keep her.

[violetohara]

What a difference a day makes! Took this little guy to the vet, got the fleas and dirt washed off him, got some antibiotics for a slight cold, but he is otherwise fine. Kneading and purring up a storm, eating a lot and being heart-crushingly adorable. 

[violetohara]

We have named this glorious creature Nux.

[violetohara]

A little over a month later and Nux is growing into a very long and floppy shoulder cat!

[conquerorwurm]

Oh my god!!!!

[the-polyhedron]

i’m so happy for this cat i hope nux knows im proud of him

[violetohara]

I just told him!

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