Still Life With Cat

Mike Essig
Other Voices
Published in
1 min readOct 15, 2017
Peter Evan Williams Schrödinger’s Cat At 4 AM

“Never try to out stubborn a cat.” RH

The starkly staring fat gray cat
sits like fate on the worn carpet
eying you up and down as if
you are his protein of last resort.

He is a patient predator of paws.

Death waits like that cat.

When the inevitable time arrives,
it will make one last meal
of everything you know and feel.

For now, alive and here,
make your life a gourmet meal.

Never ever show that feline fear.

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Mike Essig
Other Voices

Honorary Schizophrenic. Recent refugee. Displaced person. Old white male. Confidant of cassowaries.