Sully the Cat Contemplates Baltimore

We're moving to Baltimore

They haven't told me that yet

But that's the plan

I overheard them talking

I pretended not to notice

I just kept playing with the mouse toy

But really I was listening

And wondering

And listening

And wondering

And not sure I was liking

What I was hearing

For one thing,

I have no idea what Baltimore is

I'm sure it's a place

But do they have windows there?

Because I really like my window here

It looks out onto the neighbor's yard

And my neighbor's dog

Is interesting

Will I have a new neighbor in Baltimore?

Will that neighbor have a dog?

Will that dog intrigue me?

So many questions

And I don't do well with change

I really don't

When Cate and Carl got a new couch

I nearly lost it

Where was my soft pillow?

They had GOTTEN RID of my soft pillow

Where was I going to sit?

They didn't think of this at all

I walked by the couch several times

Then looked up at Cate as if to say--

Well, would you like to explain this to me?

It was only then that she realized what she had done

And ran out to the garbage to get my soft pillow

Which then had to be washed

And dried

And finally placed back on the floor

I do my best thinking on that pillow

Which is ironic when you consider

That it was thoughtlessness

That almost got the pillow

Removed from my life forever

Will there be a soft pillow in Baltimore?

Will there be another new couch?

This is all just too much for me

I hope they change their mind

I heard Carl say it's all work-related

So maybe he'll realize

That Baltimore won't work

That here works

That this nice apartment

That always smells like tuna

And has a carpet to scratch

So that you don't even need a scratching post

Works

Really

Well

I hope so

But for now

I'm just going to sit at my window

And wonder