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THE WAY CAT SEES IT [1]
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Date: 2023-07-17
THE WAY CAT SEES IT
Obviously, since no matter which door you go out of, Outside is there, Outside is bigger than Inside and contains it. Inside has limits. Outside may not. Outside is also chancier, riskier. Bad things can happen.
On the other hand birds are mostly Outside. And mice. And grasshoppers.
Unfortunate things happen Inside, but not usually catastrophic things.
Outside seems to be necessary, however. There's a way Cat feels Outside that cannot be felt Inside. It may be Outside is the original, the source of it all.
Inside is warmth, the co-operation of other life, regular food, comfort,security. One may sleep peacefully Inside, deeply, refreshingly,safe from all fear.
Then there are those marvelous stimulating massages and smoothings performed by The Ones With Hands. Not sure what Dog is good for, butThe Ones With Hands seem to feel Dog belongs.
Fortunately,Dog can be managed, and is not quick enough anyway..
The Ones With Hands appear to be deeply associated with Inside. Nothing about them strikes Cat as impressive, but Cat nevertheless suspects they have somehow invented Inside. For one thing, they know how to work the doors.
But they share, so it's wiser to cede Inside to them.
The facts that Outside is bigger than Inside (in fact contains Inside) and that Outside is more dangerous than Inside, together imply that Inside could eventually be in danger from Outside. If that's the case, what should Cat do about it?
Sleep.
(Sleep is not hiding. You will wake when you need to.)
Cat cannot pretend Inside is all there is, immutable and indestructible. (Knowing the truth may not always help, but in general it improves the odds.) Therefore Inside must find some way, some strategy or strength to withstand Outside, and yet, since Outside is necessary, refrain from destroying it.
At the moment, the Nazis, the false-Christian white supremacists are posing as Outside. (Yes, Cat knows their names. Outside has told her.)
They must be defeated, and not merely defeated, but confounded.
The confounding will be easy.
Witness this poem.
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