Unforgiving

Monday, October first was the last time we saw our cat Nutz.
I went to the pound finally yesterday as a last resort...the Animal Shelter rather, and they informed me "We don't pick up stray cats, someone has to bring them in...it's not illegal for a cat to be stray, just a dog"
They also shared with me they refuse to adopt out any black or white cats during the entire month of October.
Nutz is black.
I know this cat like a child, he has a routine, a rhythm, to him...I held him in my arms on his back every night like a baby as I fell asleep, then he'd go sleep on top of Al's pillow.
I can't think of anything funny to say about this, it just sucks for Al, all the losses he's experienced, now his fucking cat.
All because I brought my little family back down to the bowels of a city so unforgiving, so strung out on crack and prejudice alike, the only beat it ever heard was a native drum drowned out by a fertilizer blast. 

Comments

[Mrs. G.]

OK, you aren't serious about the black and white cat adoption are you. I hope Nutz comes back.

[Maggie]

That really does suck, and I do hope kitty makes a return.