Dark Bilious Vapors

But how could I deny that I possess these hands and this body, and withal escape being classed with persons in a state of insanity, whose brains are so disordered and clouded by dark bilious vapors....
--Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy: Meditation I

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06/24/2005: The Duel


As a substitute "Cat Blogging Friday" I've got this Cat and Pup poem. [More of a "Poetry Corner Friday" with this other of my favorite poems.]

The Duel

By Eugene Field (1850-1895)

The gingham dog and the calico cat,
Side by side on the table sat;
T’was haf-past twelve, and (what do you think!)
Nor one nor t’ other had slept a wink!
  The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate
  Appeared to know as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spat.

(I wasn’t there, I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate.)


The gingham dog went , “bow-wow-wow!”
And the calico cat replied, “mee-ow!”
The air was littered an hour or so,
With bits of gingham and calico,
  While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place
  Up with it hands before its face,
For it always dreaded a family row!

(Never mind: I’m only telling you
What the old Dutch clock declares is true!)


The Chinese plate looked very blue.
And wailed, “Oh, dear! What shall we do!”
But the gingham dog and calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that,
  Employing every tooth an claw
  In the awfullest way you ever saw –
And, Oh! How the gingham and calico flew!

(Don’t fancy I exaggerate –
I got my news from the Chinese plate!)


Next morning where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole the pair away!
  But the truth about the cat and pup
  It's this - they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!

(The old Dutch clock it told me so
And that is how I came to know.)


Karen on 06.24.05 @ 07:48 AM CST



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