I dreamed of an oscillating fan built to temper and tame near-feral cats. They called the fan The Cat Whisperer. What luck! For I co-habitate with near-feral cats who shit where they please, rob the birds of every song, and carve my furniture to shredded signs of true ownership. I turned on the demo unit and the fan whirred to life. I wanted to believe The Cat Whisperer would work. I wanted to tame that which the wild had first dibs. I wanted to interrupt nature so friggin’ hard.
cats
Haiku for Differences Within the Animal Kingdom
Sometimes cats forget
That weak and weary humans
Can’t see in the dark
Hemingway’s Warning
There’s a cat in the closet
A cat in the closet
There’s a cat in the closet
For you and me
There’s a cat in the closet
A cat in the closet
There’s a cat in the closet
With golden feet
And that cat in the closet
Stoic feline in the closet
That cat in the closet
Bares bloody teeth
There’s a cat in the closet
Bloodthirsty cat in the closet
Golden kitty in the closet
For you and me