Cat Distribution System
© Surazeus
2025 11 29

The cat distribution system provides
adorable companions for the lost,
whose gentle purrs always heal broken hearts
because their eyes refract rays of the sun
to light our souls with beauty of this life
embodied in lithe cuddly balls of fur.

Alicia drives on the highway in rain,
angry because the plumber wrecked the pipes,
then sees gray ghost in flash of gold headlights
appear as small kitten huddled in muck
between black road and concrete barrier,
so she turns on red emergency blinkers.

Opening the door after trucks zoom by,
Alicia crouches to approach the wall
where tiny kitten with weed-mangled hair
peers at her through one small blurry eye
and hisses as she scoops him in her hands
then shivers as she hugs him to her breast.

Wrapping mangy kitten in her pink sweater,
that her mother sewed with three unicorns,
Alicia drives in gloom of pouring rain,
headlights gleaming golden on monstrous trees,
then bounces car up narrow gravel road
to park beside the porch of rotten wood.

Bathing small kitten in bowl of warm water,
Alicia scrubs trembling body with soap
while gently tugging weeds from curly hair,
then rubs him dry with towel of concern
which causes tiny creature to purr softly
as he curls in crook of her arm to sleep.

Holding bottle of warm milk to pink mouth,
Alicia feels his small heart pulsing fast
as he gulps liquid with aggressive thirst,
and grins as his sly paws grasp at her hand,
then gently wipes goopy mucus away
so he opens both eyes with confidence.

Holding thin flexible pole with long string,
Alicia teases kitten with fun play
so he crouches low and whips his little tail,
then leaps to pounce upon the feather clump,
bold mighty jungle beast with gleaming eyes
chasing feathered dinosaur by the river.

Lounging on the couch under a thick blanket,
Alicia watches Wednesday Addams drama
while cranky gray-haired kitten she names Lurch
curls on her chest and purrs with satisfaction
though black rain beats against her Gothic home
that gleams from lightning in the old oak woods.

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Orpheus brings box of toys to Alicia for her kitten to play with, then they chuckle when Lurch hides inside the box instead and peers at them with eyes just over the edge.

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