The feline mind is a mystery, even to those who choose to have cats around. But you have to admit – it’s never dull.
Survival of the Weirdest (for my cats, and yours)
i find myself mystified
considering how some evolutionary path
could lead
to apparent dignity
how sniffiness
got selected for
and how being a finicky, persnickety eater
ever kept
their feline ancestors alive
how is staring off into space
at something only you can see
then freaking out and speeding away
like a missile
some kind of survival trait?
but then i consider
how completely mesmerized i get
by their bizarre activity
and regal pretense
and how they’ve somehow bent me to their
needs – – an underling
and i wonder if the world at large
responds the same way
it, too, can’t get over
these crazy, non-bright
flickering mammals
so it serves them
just like me
Produced by Laura Rice.
