Thursday, April 3, 2008

...worth at least 1000 words









like many "cat-staff"...
I attempt to capture
the conundrum
that is "cat"...
in pictures...

more often than not...
the picture I get,
is blurred from motion...
as a cat who has
not moved for hours...
bolts...
with the focusing of a camera...

and then there are the "bathing" shots...
washing a face, paws, whiskers...
or each other...
is a cat-mom's "awww" moment...

however, catly radar, usually kicks in...
just in time to allow the feline in question
to assume the graphic washing
of their "nether regions"...

so the above photo ...
[Google image search "cat singing"]
has me confounded and confused...

confounded, because it is just WRONG...
on so many levels...
what caused someone to THINK of it ?
let alone, DO it....
and, for WHAT purpose ?

past those questions....
I am confused...
HOW did they get the cat to ALLOW them "access"
for as long as it must have taken to complete ?

and why THAT picture ?
in that LOCATION ?
[after all, location is everything...right ? ]

I shudder to consider all the possibilities...

I know no cat who would willingly suffer this
degradation...loss of dignity...
so... were drugs involved ?
for human...or cat...or both ?

or perhaps, copious amounts of tuna...
I'm sure there were bandages and perhaps...
emergency rooms, involved....
in which case, massive quantities of "pain killers"...
would have been necessary ...

in any case, I'm going to just chalk it up
to poor judgement, bad taste or...
"stupid is as stupid does..."
[Forrest Gump's Mama...]

cats are noble creatures...
[just ask them...]
they MUST be treated with the upmost respect...
especially when a "photo op" presents itself....

such as this one...
notice how the simple beauty of the cat
is "enhanced"...
by the complex backdrop of the sunset...
on the ocean...
through the tree...

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