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The Cat
Hiding under cars is daily stuff
for a cat in Taipei
That is, until the day
a nice woman with an umbrella
says "Kitty, kitty...Here pretty kitty!"
What's a cat to do but crawl out
and have a good look
at the woman with an umbrella?
"Oh sweetie! You're so wet and dirty," she pouts.
"You must come home with me."
And up you go into the arms
of a sweet smelling stranger,
to a clean place where they eat food from a can
and pee in a box,
where cats are as important as people.
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I've never figured out whether it's pronounced "Moe's (like owned by one of three stooges) or Moss (like that guy out of Bonanza), but the one down the hill from me is open until 2am most days, which means that if I get out of the club early enough, I can catch the best burger in town, the muo si la bao or the Spicy Mos Burger. They have lots of jalapenos and 
