{"id":19862,"date":"2016-08-13T12:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=19862"},"modified":"2016-08-13T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:42:44","slug":"4-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/4-4\/","title":{"rendered":"4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: I followed the prompt and decided to post all three stages, because there&#8217;s just too much love in every word I wrote. It&#8217;s very close to me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time a little kitty was noticed by a human<br \/>\nwhile crawling to reach the end of its play pen<br \/>\nacross her brothers and sisters, relentlessly.<br \/>\nThe human left, without the kitty knowing it was there.<br \/>\nThe kitty grew, and the human came again. The kitty felt<br \/>\nthat it was her human, her eyes were asking where it&#8217;s been.<br \/>\nThe human put a ribbon on the kitty, and left again.<br \/>\nAnd kitty worried, but he knew. The human must be back!<br \/>\nMore humans came, put ribbons on her siblings, left again.<br \/>\nBut when the kitty was a few months old, her human came, and took her home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time a little kitty was noticed by a human<br \/>\nwhile crawling to reach the end of its play pen<br \/>\nacross her brothers and sisters, relentlessly.<br \/>\nThe human loved her style,<br \/>\nsuch strength and such determination.<br \/>\nIt felt that they were kindred souls.<br \/>\nThe human left, without the kitty knowing it was there.<br \/>\nShe reached the edge, the goal complete.<br \/>\nShe fell asleep, as kitties do so often at that age.<br \/>\nThe kitty grew, and the human came again. The kitty felt<br \/>\nthat was her human, her eyes were asking where it&#8217;s been.<br \/>\nHer siblings paid no mind, just stumbling all around<br \/>\nthe play pen or the litter box. But kitty sat alert,<br \/>\nmaintaining gaze on her human-to-be (she was sure).<br \/>\nThe human put a ribbon on the kitty, and left again.<br \/>\nAnd kitty worried, but he knew. The human must be back!<br \/>\nShe\u2019s marked, she\u2019s his. The little string around her neck.<br \/>\nSo thin and pink, left there by her human.<br \/>\nMore humans came, put ribbons on her siblings, left again.<br \/>\nThe days went by, both fast and slow, but when the kitty was<br \/>\na few months old, her human came, and took her home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time a little kitty was noticed by a human<br \/>\nwhile crawling to reach the end of its play pen.<br \/>\nThe human loved her style,<br \/>\nsuch strength and such determination.<br \/>\nThe human left, without the kitty knowing it was there.<br \/>\nThe kitty grew, and the human came again. The kitty felt<br \/>\nthat was her human, her eyes were asking where it&#8217;s been.<br \/>\nHer siblings paid no mind, just stumbling all around<br \/>\nthe play pen or the litter box. But kitty sat alert.<br \/>\nThe human put a ribbon on the kitty, and left again.<br \/>\nShe\u2019s marked, she\u2019s his. The little string around her neck.<br \/>\nThe days went by, both fast and slow, but when the kitty was<br \/>\na few months old, her human came, and took her home.<\/p>\n<p><em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19973 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/runa-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"runa\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/runa-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/runa.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: I followed the prompt and decided to post all three stages, because there&#8217;s just too much love in every word I wrote. It&#8217;s very close to me. 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