· I won’t let him jump up onto the kitchen island
· I won’t let him claw the kitchen mat
· I won’t let him claw the couch, or the ottomans
· I won’t let him knock over things on the shelf
· I won’t give him any human food
· I won’t let him eat paper, plastic, styrofoam, pen caps, erasers…
· I won’t bring him to his bowl or set his bowl in front of him, but rather I make him walk to where his food mat is
· I use the SodaStream
· The door is open
· The door is shut
· The window is open
· The window is shut
· There’s no sun for him to lay in
· I cast a shadow across him briefly when he was laying in the sun
· We won’t go to bed
· We won’t get up
· There’s a squirrel outside
· There’s another cat outside
· There’s literally nothing outside
To be continued …
—emily duchaine
Flommist Emily Duchaine lives in the Pacific Northwest. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and listen to the Talking Heads. She pretends to be a professional businesswoman most days. Copyright © 2020 Emily Duchaine.
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