cat5
last night
It rained.
Well I was coming home from a night out.
I guess the cat is right, disco is dead.
But, I'm much taller in these shoes.
At the nightclub. Instead of a pickup line.
I tried that rolling of my eyes a few times and then opening them as wide as I could while I tilted my head back thing.
It must only work for cats.
But, on the other hand.
The ladies wouldn't take their eyes off me.
Just before I reached the front entrance of the studio.
I heard a quiet moan with a cat accent.
It was coming from behind the trash bins.
"human."
I run to the word.
It's her, and she lay flat behind the trash.
She's wet , shivering, and barely breathing.
The way she looked,
scares me,
to the hairs on the back of my neck.
I pick her up gently in my arms.
She is lighter then I remember. She is as limp,
as a wet rag,
as if dead.
Cat.
Cat.
Talk to me.
I take her inside, and while holding her as gently as I could,
made a bed, by the heater, and lay her down on it.
Then I started a bath for her.
I'm taking you to the vet I say.
"No!"
"You.........mustn't,
"THEY"............are.........................................here."
Then her little head flopped over and she was out.
suddenly I felt a terrible loss in my most inner being,
As if my whole heart had been ripped from my chest,
and could no longer hold back the tears.
Trying to express my most loving feelings,
I hugged her tight,
but gently,
giving something for her to hang on to, so as not to slip away.
I rubbed my nose to hers while I softly stroked her fur.
"You rest Cat, I'll watch the night.
If Death comes.
I swear,
he will have to take me first,
and I'll meet you on the other side."
Remembering that first night we met.
We are there once again, her, one breath from eternity.
Then, a little kitten with her tooth broke, her fur burnt badly and a bent tail.
Dying.
The result of some thoughtless punk prank done with wire, lighter fluid, and a rag.
What did she mean?
"They"
"They" who are they?
or is it?
They, who is they?
or is it?
They, whom is they?
or is it?
They, them they?
or is it?
Them, they, who is, they, then?
or.....
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