Pardon this imagery, but…
Picture, if you will, a weathered old tom cat whose long ago lost its
tail in some horrific incident involving a chainsaw, moonshine and a
soused-to-her-gills granny. Now, this old cat is a mouser, a darn good mouser.
He takes pride in his kills and occasionally, just ever so occasionally, drops
his ratted booty at your feet to share.
You cringe, throw up just a little bit in your mouth, and then force a
smile. “Thank you, Tom. Good murder. But it’s all yours.”
Not satisfied, Old Tom picks up the prized carcass, in lightning speed
jumps and spits the dead mouse into your lap.
What are you to do? You love Old Tom, but frankly the ol’ fellow scares
you a bit. It’s a healthy fright, one you’ve built a decade’s long relationship
around. He occasionally kills for you and you occasionally slip the sweet kitty
a bowl of milk. But still, you don’t have the balls to screech and run away
from the assassin. Old Tom would catch you. So, again, what do you do?
You poke at the offering a little with a long stick (dropping it off
your lap; you’ll burn your jeans later), grit out another grin at your mouser and
coo “Let’s get you some cream to go with this, boy.”
End of unpardonable imagery.
Why the heck have I shared this grisly tale with you?
My creativity coming off a killer of a headache is Old Tom.
The dead mouse: my bloody poor writing.
I’ll leave the rest to you.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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