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[nocakestoday]

Miss Eden keeps the thumping heart at bay, but I fear she isn't pleased with my company.  She won't eat her cakes or drink her tea.  The little bird misses her family... perhaps I shouldn't have clipped her wings, but if she flies away home, my nest will be empty except for the tick tick ticking.

The clock's got a hold of my tongue...

I feel its

Comments

[valentineluke]

Who?

[nocakestoday]

Eden. She wants to leave. They all leave and die when I forget to water them. I did try.

[valentineluke]

Maybe it's best to find a place with creatures already present and not requiring care. For example: rats living in a home's walls.

[nocakestoday]

I don't like them. They're all twitches.

[valentineluke]

The area I live in, false ceilings containing spiders are popular.

[nocakestoday]

Haven't you got any nice pets?

[valentineluke]

I don't have the time to administer the required care, hence sharing space with self-sufficient arachnids.

[nocakestoday]

Their webs are pretty. Run and catch, run and catch... Have you got mice? Little spotted ones with black eyes? I like those.

[valentineluke]

No, the spiders do a twice weekly sweep thru the building for uninvited guests.

[nocakestoday]

An army on eight legs with a red-eyed colonel? Spiders are too crawly.

[valentineluke]

No, silent snow storm.

[nocakestoday]

Ohh... there's no mercy in that. I like that. It rings.

[valentineluke]

If you can't find the right pet, maybe reconsider the spiders?

[nocakestoday]

Consider the lilies. I'll reconsider them twice.