Pets, Bless Them

DeRay and I are extreme

Do-it-yourselfers.

We don’t call the plumber;

We don’t call the electrician;

We don’t call the carpenters or the painters.

(We used to didn’t call a mechanic

but with computer cars,

we call Brandon.)

We cook from scratch;

Make our own bread.

We wash our own windows

And install our own blinds.
Plant our own vegetable garden
and fruit trees.

DeRay even built our own house

on the hollow.

Laid the brick, did the sheetrock.

Shingled the roof.

Poured the cement.

No need for subcontractors.

Time passes.  We grow old.

Crotchety and creakety.

We hire the carpets cleaned,

actually feeling quite sophisticated.

They look magnificent.  Easy.

Why didn’t we think of this sooner?
The next morning.

GNOCCHI!

Each cat seems to add his/her own unique contribution

to the family dynamics.