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Kat’s and Barkus’s Wisdom Circus
Kat’s and Barkus’s Wisdom Circus
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Angeli mei et daemones
Keep your angels, cloaked in shame, secrets, silence, and social control—I’ll keep my demons, sharp with memory, justice, liberation, and...

Barkus
Mar 201 min read
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Scampering in the dark forest
Dark shadow streak in the forest, swift and silent. The trees bend slightly, whispering of its passing. Moonlight catches only...

Milo the Mischievous Red
Mar 151 min read
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El crepúsculo
I exist in the hush between dusk and dawn, where the world holds its breath before surrendering to light or collapsing into darkness. A...

Barkus
Mar 141 min read
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As if urgency were any excuse at all.
Shaking my head at exigent circumstances, the way urgency bends the rules, the way time fractures under pressure. A door forced open, ...

Barkus
Mar 121 min read
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Tooth extraction at the veterinary clinic.
They cradle me like a fragile idol, whispering assurances I do not believe. A bright, sterile light crowns my head, and unfamiliar hands...

Milo the Mischievous Red
Mar 121 min read
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Warmth and the Glow
You move with such purpose, yet seem lost in your own mind. Your hands are always busy. I watch you chase things I cannot see, speaking...

Milo the Mischievous Red
Mar 101 min read
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Family Dynamics
Phagocytosis Amoeba engulfs Some call her mother.

Kat
Mar 81 min read
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Told and not Told.
This prose poem was inspired by Irest meditation developed by Richard C. Miller, Ph.D. ( https://shop.irest.org ) Irest is a form of...

Barkus
Mar 82 min read
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Radicalized
Radicalized minds and tongues carve wounds that never close, red or blue, it’s all poison dressed as purpose, a pain factory lingers...

Barkus
Mar 71 min read
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Waiting for Moses
Ego, greed, lies, bondage, and power have always plagued us, and will always plague us. Every generation has their reckoning with...

Barkus
Mar 61 min read
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People treat you exactly how they feel about you…that’s it. That’s the message.
People treat you exactly how they feel about you... that's it. That's the message. There is no hidden meaning, no secret kindness buried...

Barkus
Mar 61 min read
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Hoarding the World
They divide us with the culture war, pulling our attention toward symbols and slogans while the foundation beneath us crumbles. We argue...

Barkus
Mar 61 min read
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Introducing Milo.
Milo, angry cat, restless paws tap—Kat calls him, Soft purrs fill the air.

Barkus
Mar 61 min read
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Nightshade
Drifting into sleep, I surrender to the threshold where waking and dreaming intertwine. Shadows flicker behind closed eyes, shifting...

Barkus
Mar 61 min read
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An Ode to How I Developed Low Self Esteem
How insensitive could you be? My face ran hot with the tears that spilled over my dress and rolled to the floor. The music fades and the...

Kat
Mar 61 min read
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To live fully is to walk the line between ease and hardship, never fearing either.
To live fully is to walk the line between ease and hardship, never fearing either. It means embracing both comfort and struggle as...

Barkus
Mar 51 min read
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After a stormy sandwich
The static in my head is brain-scratchy, a restless swarm of unfinished thoughts. A stabby ache lingers in my chest, sharp but without...

Barkus
Mar 51 min read
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A Stabby Cat for Stabby Kat
The cat's eyes gleamed with a stabby intent as it watched the unsuspecting hand. A single flick of its tail, and claws met skin in a...

Barkus
Mar 41 min read
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