Dogs and cats.

Our prompt today is compliments of Meg. Actually, she gave me several options. This one is postable. She is welcome to write on any of the other options she provided. They would all fit under at least half of the given topic.


Here's mine. A continuation from Half a Mind written in about 35 minutes. Lots of distractions this morning.

Dear Reginald,

I have decided to give you another chance, even though you have not answered the letter I sent last week. I should not have sent it. I am sorry. I should have known that a man as romantic as you are would also be very sensitive. I did not intend to cut you so deeply that you could not find it in you to give any response at all.

Oh, my poor darling! I hope you are not entirely shattered because you are much too magnificent a creature to waste away, to become only wreckage. No, my darling, you must exert yourself. You must fight for this love.

I have been thinking about us a great deal. I have been thinking while I have been watching my pets. You loved Alphonso, didn't you. Such a sleek greyhound he is. And Persia, she is the queen of cats. Sometimes they fight. Persia has a temper that keeps Alphonso in his place. But she loves him, too. She relies on him. And he always forgives her after one of her spats. He always lets her back on his cushions. He has to, after mooning in misery while she was angry.

My dear Reginald, you must forgive me for lashing out at you. I was so impatient to be in your arms again that I wrote what I did not mean. Hurry back to Paris, my love. I can accept your half a mind. You do not have to be both Alphonso and Persia. Alphonso is enough.

Your dearest love,

Mimi