Willow

 Did you know your name is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

I hear you have new digs.

A former farm cat who jumped on stage and attempted to attack the first lady.

Did they put you on rat patrol or did you have to deal with outsider varmints?

I had a cat who went or bats, she could not stand them flying over her head, so she figured out how to bring them down to earth and leave them at my door.

Now you are a house cat. Do you really have the run of the entire white house? Or is it just the domestic section you are allowed?

Any juicy stories? Or is it more mice to chase and butterflies to dream?

No snakes to pounce on or bats to yeowel at?

Well, at least you found a nice family.

My family abandoned me taking off with the family jewels, leaving nothing behind except taxes.

I am now waiting for my unit to be repaired due to water damage not my own fault.

And I am in a motel 6 in a city no longer considered home to those who used to visit just to walk down main street.

Even the old sign was taken down and replaced. There are almost no markers left of Kimballand except the parks named for them.

The old native population has disappeared, replaced by Muslim Latinos who don't know that the Aztecs never owned California. And Africans who think homeless shelters are normal life.

The walk from the bus stop has strange girls just standing around doing nothing. The old hookers were obvious, these girls are rigid but still loitering.

Can't go out my door for fear one of them will just walk i/n and sit down. they probably have really nice digs after they send the day working.

The old days men would walk with their girls to see others having supper and speak to each other.

Guys would look out for girls to have a place to go home, and kids were not refused suppers.

Small movies, bookstores, music shops, electronic stores and pattern shops. 

Even ice cream parlors and pizza places.

I remember one guy cruised in borrowed sports cars making sure i had not been left behind by my crazy mother.

Poor daddy, he did not know to be kind to strangers only to be turned out by them after they took his homes away from him.

Those guys who went crazy over leather jackets! The store is still here but without the traffic.

A gun shop is where the movie theater once was. But Del angel funeral home still stands.

Best wishes in fitting in to a dog's world. Don't let them bite nor tell you that you are one of t hem.

You are yourself, be proud and serve your first family with mouse hunting and babysitting.

Don't forget to dream of your next adventure.