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To: poconopundit

Macavity, as in cavity, an empty nothingness that nonetheless makes an impression. (I suspect the Apple fanatics won’t appreciate the name much.)

So yeah, the name and the poem applies to our political opponents.

I’ve read only one TS Eliot poem, which seemed a bit heavy, as I recall.

This one was lively and hilarious.


11 posted on 08/19/2016 9:46:46 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
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To: Vision Thing

Love the poem...hated Cats...worst play I ever saw!


12 posted on 08/20/2016 3:06:57 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Vision Thing

You might like this one...

The Naming of Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT
NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey —
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter —
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum —
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover —
But the cat himself knows, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his
name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.


20 posted on 08/20/2016 9:20:17 AM PDT by Jim W N
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