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THE CAT WITH ONE LIFE

The sun dissolves;

The night falls…

The stars crystallize

Inside the sky’s bath

… I sat on the pavement

In the backyard

In the pitch-black darkness

Through the screen of teardrops

…I saw a pair of iridescent eyes

It appeared to ignite a bunch of whiskers

Suspended by it

They were staring at me…not blinking_

I was too disenchanted to run at it…

Besides, observant to note

That it meant no harm

I hadn’t wiped my tears to identify the sight _

My usual self would have taken to the heels

If he realized it was a cat

The unexpected meeting lasted

The moon reaches the sky’s apex:

At that moment, the outline of a cat

Was drawn gracefully by the bright moonlight

…sitting in front of me:

With forelimbs planted to the muddy ground

Like pillars

The color of its fur was dark;

It moved its head right and left

Like a seesaw_

As if it wanted to have a good look at my face

This was strange:

The gesture the dog makes

To show sympathy

Meanwhile

It is one week

Since I had been sobbing night-till-morning

To add to my apparent tragedy, I was mourning

The death of my father

I let my whole life go on a downward spiral;

I was on the verge of a mental breakdown

The time is 5am

For once, the sorrow melts away

By virtue of my curiosity to study

This exceptional creature

That stayed with me all night

I named the cat Felix

And cuddled him by my side

I thought I had stumbled upon a discovery

Which I would record and develop

As my knowledge broadens…

I knew I had derived inspiration

From an unexpected source

Anything is possible in reality!

I can raise my life back to orbit after all…,

I thought

_it need not be in some other lifetime

The greenish glow from the cat’s eyes

Waned down by the breaking sun;

My desire to study science better

Intensifies…

As time marched on,

It evolved to become

The only life I had

The day broke out fully;

My mother was stunned…

Before she could make a stride,

The cat fled

Afterwards, she said to me

This is your best friend…

One week later

The cat abides with me_

He becomes my companion;

Most of all

The first facility

In my modest laboratory

With time

I became familiar with cats:

Felix became a window

Through which I explored

The cat family

Albeit

I deem it fitting

To publish my mini theory

To the world

In the third world

Pet cats are almost rare…

In some parts of Africa

Cats are deemed as an enigma

Their solitude…

Oftentimes, mistaken for villainy…

Their elusive personality

Has rendered them prone, as well,

To (unhealthy) superstition

It is ironic…

In Australia

Cats are employed…

As reliable companions

To the mentally challenged

Traumatized…

Conflicted; and socially inept kids_

Undergoing rehabilitation…

In psychiatric clinics

‘The cat with nine lives’

The figure of speech

_Involving Felix_

Has mingled …

With the psyche of many

_In a tangled helix_

Oblivious of the context,

Many poachers have skewed it

To mean hunting spree

The shrieks of twisted minds

Have rendered the mews of cats

Inaudible

They sweep them off…

Toward the fringes of their niche

Expecting them to roam the earth…

Once more

Like zombies_

So that they would make a game of them again

This has remained life’s motto

Survival is the only option

And not extinction

For the cat

It becomes a driving force for behavioral adaptation

_life is conservative indeed.

I have found cats to be modest and agile

_With impressive traits

Of smartness and guile_

Cats are gentle but strong as well

…at ease but very swift

In the African community it is common knowledge

The back of the cat never touches the ground

The latter is the last line

In tribute to Felix catus

By virtue of the beauty in behavior

Cats have made the one life they have

Worth nine lives

And thus, carving out a noble niche

In the biosphere

It is unusual…

For me to say that it was a cat

That indirectly lay

A prominent valve in my heart_

A heart that was once broken…

The heart is beating now!

…Uniformly;

Fixing energy

To the distinct sphere

Of human endeavor

Therefore

It is no secret

‘The cat with one life’…

Will always be

The prominent spike

In the wave train

Generated by my life’s pulse

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