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lightning fast, October

The crown of the maple tree has beenfive Springs falling since lightningjust a few feet beyond the windowsent the cat scurrying under the bedto think twice about promises madeto Saint Anne. She has not yetgotten to a nunnery, but shecounts … Continue reading

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we must be mad

The horns of the moon’s dilemmacurl into a smile without a cattonight, bright against the darksky. Somewhere Alice is saying she doesn’t much care whereshe gets as long as she gets somewhere, and the catwho is not theresmiles now becauseit … Continue reading

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skimming

north of Houston,a cauliflower forest – not a cloud in the sky,a glorious dayto fly, skimmingthe tops of them like a round flat stonesome kid’s found on this shoreand skipped all the wayacross a pond to that one in summer, … Continue reading

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a new theory of cats

Urban birds have taken to singing at nightbecause it is too noisy for their melodiesto be heard during the daytime…-The Guardian, 25 April 2007 I’ve heard robins singat night in Sheffieldnow, because they cannotmake themselves heardabove the noise of every … Continue reading

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reconciling texts

what is not therecannot be counted      Ecclesiastes 1:15 It is not worthwhile to goaround the world to countthe cats in Zanzibar.          Henry David Thoreau, Walden what is not there cannot becounted, and there is no sensegoing to Zanzibar to count cats, … Continue reading

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tout autre

Casual observers think catsin windows watch worldspass. But cats have no desire for passing worlds that can notcontain them. Face to face, theykeep an eye on every other. Inside, out.Outside, in. Eyeon every other. Nothing passes.

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more than meets it

I’ve been apprenticed to cats, who have beenknown to devote lifetimes in art to teachingthe imperfection of the eye. There is moreto painting than meets it. Taste waterbefore putting brush to it and recallhow traces change it, how taste changes.Nose … Continue reading

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