Cat In An Empty Apartment House

Dying: You shouldn't do that to a cat.

Because in an empty apartment house

What can a cat do?

Climbing over walls?

Scrub the desk chairs.

Nothing seems out of the ordinary here.

But nothing is the same.

Nothing has been moved.

But there is more room.

Lights are not lit at night.

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Footrails on stairs,

But they are new.

Put the fish on a small plate.

Even the hand has changed.

Something, of course.

Did not start at regular time.

Something, that is

It didn't happen as it should.

Someone was always, always here.

Then suddenly, he disappeared.

He remains stubbornly hidden.

Every closet has been explored.

Every layer has been searched.

Dig trenches under the carpet.

Nothing has become useless.

Even a commandment has been violated:

Newspapers are everywhere.

What is left to do?

Take a nap. Wait.

Wait for him to come back.

Let him show his face.

What not to do to a cat

Will he ever learn a lesson?

Sneak sideways towards him.

Like something involuntary,

On visible feet

very, very slowly -

At least in the beginning

No jumps or squeaks.

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