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The Childless Cat Ladies’ Reply to J.D. Vance

By Eulalia Benejam Cobb

So you think that we’re miserable, bitter, and sad,

all alone with our kitties, and wishing we had

had the sense to go after the love of a lad

with the intent of transforming him into a dad.

 

What great joys, you maintain, would then have been ours,

giving birth, washing diapers, and striving for hours

to adorn our abode with tchotchkes and flowers—

for what more can you expect of our limited powers?

 

Yet, like fools, we ignored and perversely rejected

the advice to stay home, as Nature expected.

Alas, what remains now for us childless wretches?

What balm can be found to calm our kvetches?

 

But hear us and listen, your preaching abandon!

There is stuff about us that you can’t even fathom.

For child-free by choice or childless by fate,

many are the delights to be had in this state

unimagined by you or your stout running mate.

 

It is true that we love our cats to distraction,

but we won’t let that passion divert us from action.

We’ll accomplish our goal, which as you can see,

is to keep Donald Trump from the presidency.

34 Responses

  1. This is wonderful, Lali, not only a special edition but a tonic to our political senses and a tickle to our funny bones….and the drawing….!!!!

  2. Lali: So pitch perfect! Such a delight and lyrical and hysterical! Thank you! A reminder to maintain levity in all of this brevity.

  3. Here’s to cats everywhere, human or feline, who are giving the paw to those making choices for us.

  4. Obviously, the ‘man’ has no common sense.

    As Hilary learned when she called deplorables deplorables, people don’t like it when you insult them – ‘he’ has irritated people who can leave their kitties safely at home taking care of themselves – and go VOTE. BIG mistake, Mr. V. VERY big mistake.

  5. What a delight! I have a tchotchke of my own that says “One cat away from a crazy cat lady”, a gift from my daughter at a time when I had four cats. I displayed it with pride, at least when I lived in a bit of a larger space. Maybe now I should send it along to JD as a special reminder of what we Cat Ladies are capable of, childless or not!

  6. Orange alley cats can seldom control themselves…as they search through the streets for wanton others to own.

    mdlp 😽

  7. I’m allergic enough to cats to not be able to own one – but I am convinced they could vote if they wanted to! Look out hillbilly 🙂

  8. Lots of fun but also a dagger to JD Vance–who uderstands neither cats or woen. Thanks for sending

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