A Note on Cats
Some people think cats don't care about anything.
It's easy to look at their behavior
and get the idea that they don't feel.
Not like dogs anyway
who are so forthcoming.
Cats hardly notice you.
However,
just like the shy, laconic coworker–
the one that never gets drinks after work,
and never chats at the water cooler,
and eats lunch by himself,
the one who could be married with kids
or single and childless
for all you know,
who doesn't do small talk,
and never has weekend plans,
–just like that guy,
cats are more complicated than they seem.
It's not that they don't care,
It's that they don't want to show
how much they care.
They don't want to be vulnerable
because they promised themselves
they wouldn't get hurt again…
…I am still talking about cats.