[goes out comes back]

[conuly]

Goes out,
comes back—
the love life of a cat.


By Kobayashi Issa
Translated by Robert Hass

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52354/goes-out-comes-back

Comments

[wendelah1]

Excellent.

[adafrog]

:)

[adafrog]

:)

[marahmarie]

That actually sounds like some people I know *eyeroll*

[conuly]

Don't insult cats, thanks.

[marahmarie]

Huh? I was insulting people. Cats can do what they want, they will always be my angels.

It's just such a perfect description for at least one person I know (a character who's been described under lock with whom you're probably familiar) that yeah, the vibes are strong with this one. But even towards that person I mean it fairly lightly at best.

[conuly]

I love all cats, even the ones I don't love. I would never, ever, ever compare one to a human.

Though that comment and this were meant in a more light-hearted jest sort of way.

[marahmarie]

Ah yeah, ok. I wasn't comparing them either, just immediately casting my mind's eye...thattaway, I guess. Funny the random things that can trigger associations so quickly for me, sometimes.