Betty Boo

I LIKE MY CAT BETTY BOO SHE IS WONDERFUL CAT IN MY LIFE.
I MISS MY MUM FOREVER.
BETTY BOO SHE HAS FURRYING CLOUD BODY AND SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL EYES
TURNS GREEN DIFFERENT WHEN SHE LOOKS AT ME IN THE SUN AND WHEN I LOOK AT HER WAS THE ONE FOR ME AND I SEE HER BEAUTIFUL EYES AND WHEN SHE TURN HER HEAD AND SHE TELLS ME HURRY UP MUM AND FEED ME WHEN SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE WANTS TO PLAY WITH HER AND PAT AS WELL AND HER EYES TELL ME SHE IS VERY HAPPY AS WELL.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE HAPPY TOGETHER.
WHEN I FIRST MET BETTY BOO SHE WAS THE ONE FOR ME AND I WAS THE ONE FOR HER AND WHEN I TOOK HER HOME I PUT HER IN THE BATHROOM
SHE WAS SCARED OF CHANGED. I WASN’T SCARED FOR HER SHE IS SAFE.
 
I HAVE FOUR COUSINS AND THREE SECOND COUSINS AND I MEET TWO OF THEM AND LAST YEAR MADDIE WAS SO EXTICED THE PRESENT SHE GAVE ME A HUG AND KISSES AS WELL AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY SEE  ON THE FACE AND CASSIE ASK ME I SHOULDN’T DO THAT BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
 
MY AUNT KERRY IS MY LIFE SHE THE ONE LOOKED AFTER ME AND MY SIBLINGS WHEN MY MUMS DRUNK ALL THE WE WERE LITTLES SO MY AUNT KERRY TTOK US TO LAWN BOWL WATCH OUR GRANDPARENTS LAWN BOWLS AND IT PUTS ME HAPPY FACE AS WELL.
 
I WISH MY PARENTS GET BACK TOGETHER AND BE HAPPY FAMILY AND BUT SHE TOOK ME AWAY FROM I DIDN’T LIKE MY MUM TO DO THAT TO ME AND I AM SHAME WITH HER AND I WAS SAD AS WELL, AND I DIDNT HAVE  BIRTH CERTIFICATE BECAUSE MY MUM LIED TO ME SHE SAID TO ME THAT I DID HAVE ONE BUT I DIDN’T I MAD AT HER I HATE SHE LIE ALL THE TIME SO SHE CAN HAVE AWAY ALL THE TIME.
 
LAST YEAR NUMBER 2 AND I WENT TO ADELAIDE CONFERENCE AND DO PROGRAM AND TALK ABOUT DISABILITY AND MY PAST CONTROL IN CHARGE TO YOURSELF AND WE HAD GOOD TIME IN ADELAIDE WE DIDN’T WANT COME HOME SOMETIMES ITS RAIN AND SOMETIMES ITS SUNNY BUT COLD DOWN THERE AND THEN WE WENT TO TUTTI ARTS AND I TALK TO OTHERS MY PRESENTATION AND ONE LADY BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT MY MUM AND I ONLY SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY BUT WHEN I KEEP TALKING.
 
MY AUNT KERRY IS VERY STRONG LADY AND TWO KIDS AND HUSBAND AS WELL. I AM CLOSE TO JESSIE MY COUSIN AND WE WERE VERY CLOSE  AND WE LOVE EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE FAMILY.
 
ONE DAY I LIKE TO GO HOLIDAY TO AMERICA AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY I GET BORED SOMETIMES AND I HAVENT GOT PARENTS AT ALL IT HURTS ALL THE TIME AND I NOT HAPPY HERE BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOUR HE MAKES TOO MUCH NOISES ALL THE AND IT MAKES ME MAD AND ANGRY AND I DON’T SLEEP.
 
I REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER TEASE MY GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE LAST GETTING READY AND SHE PUT HER GLASSES DOWN ON THE TABLE AND SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND HAVING A BATH AND WHEN SHE FINISH THE BATH GOT HER ROBES AND WENT IN THE BEDROOM PUT THE TOP ON AND PUT THE ROBES ON AND WENT TO THE DINNING ROOM AND SHE WENT TO THE TABLE AND LOOKING FOR HER GLASSES AND TRY FIND HE GLASSES AND MY GRANDFATHER KEPT MOVING AROUND THE TABLE AND SHE WENT IN THE OTHER ROOM SHE PICKS MY GRANDFATHERS UNDERWEAR AND SHE PUT HER GLASSES SHE LOOKED DOWN AND SAW HER HUSBAND UNDERWEAR AND SHE WASN’T HAPPY BUT WE WERE LAUGHING AT HER AND MAKES US HAPPY AND SHE GETS MAD AT US.
DON’T GET IN TROUBLE WITH MUM BUT WHEN MUM AT WORK MY HALF BROTHER PLAYS UP ON MEHE HIT ME AND PUSH ME THE WALL AND WHEN HE SAID TO ME NOT TO TELL MUM OR SHE WILL YELL AT ME AND YOU, I DON’T TRUST MY HALF SISTER AND BROTHER THEY USE ME WHAT THEY WANT.
 
I REMEMBER MY GRANDPARENTS HAD DINNER PARTY FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND THEY BUY AFTER DINNER MINTS AND PUT ON THE TABLEAND AFTER THEY GONE BACK AMERICA AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER PARTY BUT MY GRANDFATHER SAID TO THEM PUT AFTER DINNER MINTS UP HIGH SO THE KIDS WON’T GET THEM , AND MUM SAID TO MY GRANDMOTHER OH WE GOT LEFT OVER AFTER DINNER MINTS TOP OF CUPBOARD GET THEM AND WHEN MUM GRAB THE AFTER DINNER MINTS IN THE BOX AND SHE SAID TO MY GRANDMOTHER YOU KNOW THE AFTER DINNER MINTS AND SHE SAID YES WHEN I GRAB THE BOX THE PACKET OF AFTER DINNER MINTS IS EMPTY AND MY GRANDMOTHER SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN IS EMPTY THE CHOCOLATE AFTER DINNER MINTS EMPTY PACKET ALL NEAT AND TIDY IN THE BOX AND MY MUM ASK MY GRANDFATHER DID YOU EAT THE AFTER DINNER
 
ME AND I CAN’T HAVE CAKES IT GOT SUGAR IN IT I WAS UPSET AND ANGRY AND MAD AS WELL AND I TAKE TABLETS EVERYDAY THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND BLOOD PRESSURE I AM SO SICK OF IT BUT IT MAKE ME BETTER AND A LIFE AND HAPPY AS WELL.
 
I HOPE I WILL FIND A PLACE TO LIVE AND SAFE MY OWN HOME  SO BETTY BOO THE CAT AND I BE HAPPY IN OUR NEW PLACE FOR NOW WE NOT SAFE HERE I LIKE TO UNIT OR TOWN HOUSE TWO BEDROOM  WHEN I 18 YEARS MY MUM TOLD ME PACKED YOUR BAGS AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE  SO I DID PACKED MY BAGS LEFT BUT MY HALF SISTER SHARON DIDN’T WANT ME TO GO SHE WAS CRYING AND I WAS TOO IT WAS MUM’S FAULT SHE DID THIS TO THE FAMILY BUT WHO GOING TO LOOK AFTER MY HALF SISTER AND HALF BROTHER SHE COULDN’T LOOK AFTER THEM IHAVE TO LOOK AFTER THEM WHILE SHE WORKING COOKING CLEANING AND DOING HOUSE WORK AND SHE GETS MAD AT US KIDS, I ALL WAYS GET THE BLAME BECAUSE I THE OLDEST CHILD AND OTHER TWO GET A WAY WITH IT, THEY…

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Lisa and Robyn decided they would focus her poetry on her cat Betty Boo and also draw on some of her writing from her journals which document events and experiences from her childhood and her current life.

Lisa Scott, 'Betty Boo', Cotton and Acrylic on Canvas, 2020