Pedantic blowhard
Speaks and speaks,
And speaks and speaks,
And speaks, and speaks, and speaks,
And speaks.
She can’t be stopped.
Feline Rhapsody
Inspired by cats and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” by Queen (and sung to that melody, with the instrumentals). We pick it up about a third of the way in.
I’m just a ginger silhouetto of a cat.
Scalaboosh, scalaboosh, can we give him some kibble?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
His claws are very frightening to me.
Galileo. Galileo.
Galileo. Galileo.
His name’s not Galileo,
Is it Magnifico-ooo-oooo?
Oh, no, no, no, no, NO!
I’m just a ginger cat, nobody loves me,
He’s just a ginger cat, from a ginger litter,
Let him sleep on the bed tonight.
Easy come, easy go,
Let me go back out.
You just came in,
We will not let you out.
Let me out.
We will not let you out.
Let me out.
We will not let you out.
Let me out.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!
Oh, Mama Mia, Mama Mia,
Mama Mia, can I keep this cat?
You can’t keep this cat because it’ll be more work for me,
For ME,
For MEEEE!
So you think you can lock me inside?
So you think I won’t run around and cry?
Oh, human,
You can’t do this to me, human.
I just gotta get out,
Just gotta get right
Outta here.
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
I’m just a feline that you must…
Pleeease.
Sorry, Queen.
Today’s Theme Music
Today, Monday, August twenty-first, is the great eclipse day. People in Oregon, where I reside, are almost all beside themselves with anticipation. Today’s theme music is naturally related to the eclipse.
Numerous songs about the eclipse exist. I was drawn to “Eclipse,” by Pink Floyd, from their “Dark Side of the Moon” album. It’s a life-long favorite album, well, since I was seventeen, when it came out. The final words speak to me:
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy
Beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that’s to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
It’s a beautiful way of expressing that everything is connected while capturing the irony, everything is in tune, but the moon is eclipsing the sun, so…what has happened?
But then, awakening and looking out into the backyard, where sunshine first appears, I thought, here comes the sun, and wondered how many people at different times of this day have stood, watching the sky, and will say or think, “Here comes the sun.” With those thoughts, it became my choice for today’s music.
“Here Comes the Sun,” the Beatles, nineteen sixty-nine. It’s really appropriate for post-eclipse singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Ta5w8iqzs
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Michael Seidel, writer 