cats have a geometry
difficult to capture
in lines that soften & go fluid
tapering to sharp angles
perhaps it is best
to express motion in points
on a graph
as they calculate
the precise distance
from sill to piano top
predict the length of skid
across sheet music
& how much loose music
will sigh to the floor
in falling chords
as a new trajectory
from piano top
to doorframe
is executed
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Cats have the geometry of music
Like Bach, only less calculating
Or maybe not
When you watch them deliberating
Hmmm…..
That is true–my Siamese just inspired this! I swear I could see his mental gears turning as he planned his next move. However, i would call this particular cat more of an anarchist, like Glass.
It’s the movement to their own music that both mystifies me and leaves me a little unprepared every time they feel the rhythm that I can’t seem to hear!
Hee, hee–yes–they are small daredevils, unpredictable in the pursuit of whatever it is that lures them.
Cats are really interesting beings !!!
Yes, they are–interesting and accountable only to themselves.
Yes, mine follows a similar same trajectory – floor to piano keys (or key lid if it’s down) to television table to window sill. I love the feline music she plays as she plucks along.
Oh, I can see her doing this, too! Love the way they fly around a room.
The first stanza describes them purrfectly. Our cat, TC, who has always (12 years) been an outside wild-child, has lately taken to sitting on the window ledge looking in at me at the computer; perhaps, she is reconsidering her wandering youth.
Hee, hee. I can see it.
As a cat lover I can really appreciate this!
🙂 love my crazy kitties!
roflmao! For anyone who ever had a puddytat. We usually had two, and yes. Unfortunately, with a big huge skylight right over our bed, too often I was in their calculus.
I sympathize. Mine likes to skid right over my head in the midst of his running games.
real interesting
🙂 thanks–he is a nut, that cat!