Monday, May 25, 2009

about two months back we moved houses. we live in a house with a garden now. a cat comes sometimes and sits in the door that leads out into the garden. we feed her milk. she finishes as much as she likes. she leaves. she disappears for days. we know she's back when she upsets our garbage bin if we leave it in the back door. yes we have a back door. sometimes she enters our home and walks about with dirty paws. meows. we shoo her out. then we feed her milk. she sometimes refuses to drink the milk. she doesn't sniff twice at rotis. she wants sausages. we give her sausages. then she wants milk. she stares at us and settles down in the door again. the garden belongs to her. we belong to her. she belongs to no one.

4 comments:

Prasoon said...

i wish we all had such freedom :)

Jaya Ramchandani said...

she reminds me of luca.
dear luca.
my ex-cat.

t said...

really prasoon. but at some level i feel we do have the freedom, we're too afraid to admit it or make use of it because that would mean we take the blame for the consequences. it means we can't later on say we didn't have a choice.

jaya, luca is a great name for a cat. i've never had a pet. but i can imagine what it must be to lose one. must be an impossible void to fill.

Anonymous said...

reminds me of lines for no name slobs- cats by audrey hepburn in breakfast at tiffanys.

regards
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