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Dec 08, 2003 03:59

The other day my cat, Whizzy, had to be put to sleep. I knew the little bastard a long time, he was 20 years old. Later that day, riding the bus, I happened to open a book of Hart Crane poems to the following and started bawling on the damn bus ( Read more... )

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daisydumont December 8 2003, 04:25:08 UTC

i'm so sorry about whizzy, george. i have had beloved cats too. it's so hard to lose them.

that's an astounding poem. somehow i've never read any of crane's poems and am shaken by the images in this (the grail of laughter in the moonlight, the kitten in the wilderness). i'm maybe a sentimentalist, but i do think the heart lives on.

george500 December 8 2003, 09:58:00 UTC

I know, the grail thing is the best.

fierceblue December 8 2003, 05:13:04 UTC

I'm so, so sorry. Losing a pet is so heartbreaking because we're never ambivalent about them the way we often are with our human allies. That poem is exquisite.

george500 December 8 2003, 09:59:07 UTC

Thanks, you're right about pets.

lostsatellite December 8 2003, 05:40:30 UTC

I'm sorry about the loss of your cat...you're the third person I know to have lost one within the span of only a few days...it's a loss I can't even comprehend or imagine, and wish I never had to experience...

george500 December 8 2003, 09:59:26 UTC

Thanks.

liquidwhite December 8 2003, 05:42:38 UTC

:' (

george500 December 8 2003, 09:59:54 UTC

:_(

bts_wrkng December 8 2003, 06:03:31 UTC

I'm so sorry.

george500 December 8 2003, 10:00:17 UTC

Thanks, man. He had a good run.

bts_wrkng December 8 2003, 10:15:24 UTC

I'd say! I have an 8-year-old who's been diagnosed with congenital kidney failure. December 20th will mark the one-year anniversary of the vet saying "I can't believe he's not dead already" and trying to talk me into putting him to sleep. He's still alive and kicking, though, knock wood.

This is a sad day for the feline community: I just read a bulletin board posting about how one of my favorite Petsters is going to be put down at 5:30 today. :(

george500 December 8 2003, 19:50:49 UTC

Man, that same thing happened with my cat. He had kidney problems, they gave him a couple weeks, maybe a month. They said to keep him comfortable we should give him the drip. He lived for three more years. Good luck with your little guy.

Let's hang out sometime, man, you can play me some music I've never heard.

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