{"id":7226,"date":"2020-02-17T00:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2020-03-06T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T16:46:28","slug":"i-think-my-cat-pi-chi-poem-excerpt-from-moon-selected-audio-textual-poems-by-robin-ouzman-hislop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/i-think-my-cat-pi-chi-poem-excerpt-from-moon-selected-audio-textual-poems-by-robin-ouzman-hislop\/","title":{"rendered":"I Think My Cat Pi Chi. Poem. Excerpt from Moon Selected Audio Textual Poems by Robin Ouzman Hislop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vyx6O43C8P0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\"><em>http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><b>\r\ni think my cat pi chi is dying he's very neurotic not his usual self  <\/b>\r\n<b>anymore     weak   scruffy   following me closely   look at his  <\/b>\r\n<b>eyes      he knows    when a cat dies     nobody takes him <\/b>\r\n<b>out       it's always been hard   seeing death around\r\n<\/b><b>so   tell me it gets worse   we're gonna sit it out\r\n<\/b><b>because   you choose me   purr a bit   stack it\r\n<\/b><b>it's catastrophic    my little wild sniffer\r\n<\/b><b>would you like to sky rocket\r\n<\/b><b>into the abyss of death with me\r\n<\/b><b>float in outer space amidst the dead stars\r\n<\/b><b>knowing   there were forever galaxies beyond <\/b>\r\n<b>reach    beyond this miniscule bubble we call life\r\n<\/b><b>there  where  there's only the wilderness of the dead\r\n<\/b><b>shall we blow   as some stray bacteria on a magnet comet\r\n<\/b><b>to implode   as if on a planet's barren plain   to rise to flourish\r\n<\/b><b>again in the frenzy of the stadium where they buy &amp; sell the moment\r\n<\/b><b>where Samson pulls down the walls   where Goliath topples and cities turn <\/b>\r\n<b>to salt    gladiatorial epic scenarios    lunacy of the bloodbath    the aftermath\r\n<\/b><b>a scared dancer in clown's mascara    darts to &amp; fro   disappears lost    we sit <\/b>\r\n<b>in the audience    sweat our fate betrayed    the mockery of doom    i cross <\/b>\r\n<b>the bridge    but not the sea   <\/b> walk<b> down the avenue     under the screen <\/b>\r\n<b>where   highways stagger their junk   where the last card played is fake <\/b>\r\n<b>&amp;  the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> coming's a dystopian banality groping a theme to go soap <\/b>\r\n<b>then the music   children from the valley of the blind   craving the <\/b>\r\n<b>nourishment of adulation   when you get your eyes cleaned out    <\/b>\r\n<b>there's no call of the wild    only a wild call    the naked gaze\r\n<\/b><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/i-think-my-cat-pi-chi-poem-excerpt-from-moon-selected-audio-textual-poems-by-robin-ouzman-hislop\/moon-front-back-cover\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/moon-front-back-cover-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7234\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRobin Ouzman Hislop is Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\">Poetry Life and Times<\/a> ; his publications include<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506012222&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=All+the+Babble+of+the+Souk\"><em>All the Babble of the Souk<\/em> <\/a>, <em>Cartoon Molecules<\/em> and <em>Next Arrivals<\/em>, collected poems, and the recently published Moon Selected Audio Textual Poems, as well as translation of Guadalupe Grande\u00b4s La llave de niebla, as  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Key-Mist-Gu adalupe-Grande\/dp\/1365453006\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506012852&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=Key+of+Mist\"><em>Key of Mist<\/em> <\/a> and the recently published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/carmen-crespo\/tesserae\/paperback\/product-23327341.html\"><em>Tesserae<\/em> <\/a><u> <\/u>, a translation of Carmen Crespo\u00b4s Teselas.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou may visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author.  See Robin performing his work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/robin-hislop-reads-at-university-of-leeds-his-poetry-and-translations-video-performance\">Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-40px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest,print,pdf,twitter\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-count-1 sr-40px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-id=\"pinterest\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\"><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a data-id=\"print\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Print this article \"><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a data-id=\"pdf\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Convert to PDF\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm i think my cat pi chi is dying he&#8217;s very neurotic not his usual self anymore weak scruffy following me closely look at his eyes he knows when a cat dies nobody takes him out it&#8217;s always been hard seeing death around so tell me it gets worse we&#8217;re gonna sit it out &#8230; <a title=\"I Think My Cat Pi Chi. 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