This cat is named "Simple." A native of Iowa City, he's old- cantankerous: He likes to scrap. Digs disemboweling smaller mammals. A skulker par excellence, his spine's liquid.
There's something very sad about watching a pet age- the way they slow down, lose the fire, even start to have aches and pains. It's this animal body wearing out, and it happens to us, too. Watching it happen to a smaller being and with their expedited life span, touches that raw existential nerve: No matter yer wishin & willin, the world'll wear u out eventually, too.
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