{"id":4465,"date":"2019-03-27T00:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T00:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2019-03-27T00:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T00:46:41","slug":"to-bury-a-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/to-bury-a-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"To Bury A Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 794px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.etsystatic.com\/13792772\/r\/il\/b94df7\/1531805546\/il_794xN.1531805546_87fb.jpg\" width=\"794\" height=\"1123\" alt=\"Black Cat - Carri LeArt\" class=\"size-full\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Cat &#8211; Carri LeArt &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/ie\/listing\/607651156\/black-cat-print-black-cat-painting\">Buy on Etsy Here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those who think the cat but a beast,<br \/>\nHas not their humanity seen:<br \/>\nWhen in their final hours return<br \/>\nTo where they, as a kitten had been&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lay their head upon a bed&#8230;<br \/>\nTo which they handed on their last leap!<br \/>\nCradled like the kitten they were by those who reared it,<br \/>\nAs it passed to eternal sleep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Eyes open last, but there was no life:<br \/>\nAs it lay in front of fire&#8230;<br \/>\nLoyal as a dog, in their own way&#8230;<br \/>\nTo such devotion can many aspire?<\/p>\n<p>We dug its grave, both wide and deep&#8230;<br \/>\nMidnight moon shining above:<br \/>\nAn honour to dig, in the Irish tradition&#8230;<br \/>\nStoic men, bury beast, that too is love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I many be known yet for my cat poems &#8211; we recently lost one of the house cats that strayed in and out. It returned to die where it was born&#8230; cats are more loyal than we think&#8230; #Radimires #CatPoem #Cats #CatsofRenmore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[975,2354,65,4184,4185,4186],"class_list":["post-4465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cat-poems","tag-cat","tag-death","tag-life-2","tag-pet","tag-stray-cat","tag-twitter-cats","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1a1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2642,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/abortions-for-kittens\/","url_meta":{"origin":4465,"position":0},"title":"Abortions for Kittens","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Verse needs\u00a0 rounding off better as I was unaware of \"speying while pregnant\", which literally is abortions for kittens... 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