Gus: The Theatre Cat
January 28, 2003 - 6:37 pm
Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.
His name, as I ought to have told you before,
Is really Asparagus. That’s such a fuss
To pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.
His coat’s very shabby, he’s thin as a rake,
And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake.
Yet he was, in his youth, quite the smartest of Cats –
But no longer a terror to mice and to rats.
For he isn’t the Cat that he was in his prime;
Though his name was quite famous, he says, in its time…
-T.S. Eliot
Gus is not doing well. He is less than 4 pounds now, and can barely stand up. It looks pretty hopeless, and I think tomorrow will be a very unhappy day.
January 29th, 2003 at 1:17 am
I’m very sorry to hear about your cat 🙁 Poor baby.
January 29th, 2003 at 6:19 pm
I’m so sorry. Love to you and yours.
February 2nd, 2003 at 5:59 pm
I fear to read further entries now… I remember Gus! Fantastic cat.