Outside Influences - Dawn Davidson - The Cat Man of South Keys
05/01/2019 12:23 p.m.

The Cat Man of South Keys

what's this hanging from his morning star
could it be,
the cat man of south keys,
shaking up the day...
gettin ready to make his hay;

lying with his children
the wild creatures in his soul,
paws and pillows, playing in the billows
of the shadows of his soul

rocking his hair babies in his daddy
centred on the moon
he's lovin them like he should

he sees the magic in their form,
their cute and tender
graces from this he fashions love, ,
that feeds them for their beauty...
the place that they adore

doing the watusi,
...in the evening's dawn
ya man, bringin' in the rock and roll jim jam
flowin from his soul...the cat man of south keys....
he got the feline crawl

he is their mountain, their chair inside a bear
they wait at night, to hear,
his door open to their world,
for them, to come and howl,
he lets them, feel their growl
with the cat man of south keys....
it ain't about control

do you know him , or do you not,
ya can hear him in his summers moods,
with his kitties and his
hats, they are sitting in the sun
living for the bliss,
of knowing that this is it
the cat man of south keys,
and his bodhisattva’s
children of the sun

as he strums his guitar,
oh ya, he can play it ,
play it hard....to cat kids,
the cats that live
with the cat man of south keys

listening to his motor...
his hum is like a purr
and the pearls with his wisdom
is loving beings with fur

they crawl like babies on him,
wrap their paws around his neck,
he grabs them like a sky would,
and holds them to his breast...
it's what they love the best

and they lie between his hands
their paws they know his touch
they love his quiet nature,
they hear themselves at rest

life could not be better
for the cat man of south keys,
when he's crewin with his friends

oh ya, the cat man of south keys,
he got man, the cat caress,
the love within his seasons,
are sitting on the fence
and when they cry for lovin
dat, what he does the best

the cat man of south keys,
meet him if you can,
you will find him dining,
with his hairy friends

and why not, the cat man of south keys,
he treatin' them like sons

mirrors in your countries,
don't discount the facts,
that the cat man of south keys,
is always playing parts...

the cats they see his motives,
the ones that daddy knows
and stick their little paws,
gently on his nose..

staying in his castle
the one he made for them...
with the cat man of south keys...
purring is the entry....
and they know his language well

the cat man of south keys...
he got a way of movin'
that cats and trees, enjoy...
cause in the nature of his spirit,
he knows he's just like them




© 2010 Dawn Davidson (Ottawa, Canada)
Photo of Grady © April 2019 Jason Sorrenti (Ottawa, Canada)
Grady, an abandoned neighbourhood Tabby, my son and I have been caring for and feeding of late, initially attracted to us via our Calico, Eartha


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