<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><font size="5">Love it, Annie! My tiger tabby, Squeaky, approves too:)</font></div><div dir="auto"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font size="5">Miss Ruth </font></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> </div><div>Date: 6/6/23 3:10 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org> </div><div>Cc: Ann Chiappetta <anniecms64@gmail.com> </div><div>Subject: [Stylist] poem for you </div><div><br></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">The way of the cat </p><p class="MsoNormal">By Ann Chiappetta </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Seven pounds of sweetness </p><p class="MsoNormal">deep mahogany almost black</p><p class="MsoNormal">At play a ferity frolic </p><p class="MsoNormal">At bedtime Demands a lap</p><p class="MsoNormal">If she knows I am blind – no matter</p><p class="MsoNormal">I am the best cushioned host</p><p class="MsoNormal">My heart pitter-patters</p><p class="MsoNormal">It is of her sweetness I boast.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I settle and smooth the blanket</p><p class="MsoNormal">She prefers it wrinkle-free</p><p class="MsoNormal">A queen-sized banquet</p><p class="MsoNormal">For cuddling with me.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Noontime naps encouraged </p><p class="MsoNormal">She waits patiently </p><p class="MsoNormal">Little cat perched</p><p class="MsoNormal">On the end of the bed near </p><p class="MsoNormal">the end of the day.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Ann Chiappetta M.S.</span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.annchiappetta.com</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Making Meaningful Connections Through Media</span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Ann.m.chiappetta@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Ann.m.chiappetta@gmail.com</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.thought-wheel.com</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">914.393.6605</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">- Neil Gaiman</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>