c a t ~

:: cat bites toe. hard.

:: cat lounges on top of fridge & bites Blue Morpho butterfly wing on magnet... now sporting 2 puncture holes & popsicle stick splint.

:: cat opts to snooze on rabbit skin, smack in centre of apothecary desk. right ON the white rabbit fur. p l e a s e .

:: cat runs in to stand sentry every time i pee. purrs loudly if plopped in lap.




:: cat jumps over curled body, as i write by lamplight ~ and straight out the open window onto roof. glares knowingly with smug satisfaction. 'you can't get me, and i'm hunting birds.'

:: cat joins in trance sessions, beaching himself on bed, extending paw to connect our bodies physically, purring loudly in bliss as i trill higher & higher. who is whose familiar?

:: cat sniffs nagual's Cowichan vest with intense, prolonged interest, over & over again, piecing information together. leans hard into it, rubs her head all around it, coats herself in his scent & vice versa. she remembers.




:: cat snorkels up Temptations treats without pause to chew... but disdains all dairy. turkey meatballs no good either.

:: cat sits in window, across the street, looking mournfully over. stuck.

:: cat huddled under giant yew tree by door, in foul weather, waiting for door to open. already.

:: cat throws up on much-loved picture of Lakota veterans of Little Big Horn (1876) ~ the very night i wonder... 'should i have left that picture on the floor?'

:: cat enjoys air blown on densely furred Coon belly. blow, lost in delight, feet in the air.




:: cat's actual gender remains a mystery, as there's so damn much fur, so thick & densely grown, its all sequestered anyway.

:: cat zones out as patted on head, concave side of largest wooden spoon, repeatedly, considerable intensity. eyes shut in reverie.

:: cat slips off ironing board while lounging a little too luxuriously... crashes to floor with mighty thud, dragging all fabric after him. shakes out. pretends it didn't happen.

:: cat allows massage of pads of front feet, including delicate area between toes. on a very good day, will gently extend & curl all 5 claws around my single digit, held in a little prickly balloon cage of feline handshake.

:: cat. cat. cat.










cat art by
Tadashige Nishida,
Chairman Meow,
unknown,
& Kuniyoshi Utagawa, twice...