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I WAS A CAT ONLINE, IN A TEXT-BASED RPG, THIS IS MY HAIKU
OLIVIA KAN-SPERLING


actually, two cats
i named one SILVERSMOKE
one FIREBLOSSOM

one was silver and
the other sunset orange,
said their cat profiles

a second grader,
i knew how to write haiku
but nothing else, so

they got two words each
to describe them, that's it
i made them mute

they were beautiful
without personalities
only silky fur

the cats played with words
like *RUN* *HUNT* *CLIMB TREE* but
me was slow typer

other cats online
were older and smarter,
nimble-fingered cats

their cats were human
they had inside jokes, friends
fun in the forum

some were cool talking
like *I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER*
they'd say shit like that

but I was a slow * * *
typer. word by word, my cats
were left behind: just

cats...no qualities
just names/appearances...
lil supermodels

still like twin sphinxes
like 2 gifs of fire/smoke
eyes eyes blinking * *

or a cursor, thinking * *
dinnertime i left them there
now, the game is gone

but night in my dreams
they came alive and played
dreams don't need typing

DAPPLED CLEARING DEW
LICKS A PINK PINK NOSE
PRETTY FIREBLOSSOM!

SILVERSMOKE CIGARETTE
she was sexy and cool
like all cats ever

a couple words are
all the nighttime needs to
make it catlike, like

wishing before bed
CANDLE SHADOW PILLOW
to grow up quickly

my cats were secret
i didn't tell my school friends
because it was weird

cats aren't lonely
they have no feelings ever
they just run fast

white * * *

before I was born
my parents had a real cat:
NEZUMI (japanese...)

she pissed everywhere
she hated me because
I REPLACED HER !!!!


white * * *

i look at some thing
i like: that's when I feel
like i am a cat

so um when i see
something i like, then it
must be a secret?

cat sensorium
is basically my brain
i'm very stupid

cats like special fx
they stare at holograms and
bat their paws at them

a cat thief would think
when i want what i want,
then i'm satisfied

so that's my story
why i am how i am...yup
wandsandworlds.com

now i like my friends
i know a lot of words
but sometimes when it's

MIDNIGHT: i run to
RIVER WATER: i blink blink i
* SPARKLE * SPARKLE *

my eyes twitch over
* * DIAMOND * MOONLIGHT * *
* * RIPPLE * * RIPPLE * * uh

STARS and AIR, i * *
* * * * * ALO YOGA * * * * * *
* ARCH * ARCH * SLOWLY *

* MIR * ROR MIR * ROR, i * *
POOL THAT SHA*DOW, i * * * hiss
hiss i * SPILL*of*MILK * *

that MARZIPAN * * me
ow meow, i * * * * FLICKER * * *
* * * FLICKER * i * TASTE OF * * *

SALT then i jump back
up the fire escape,
and go back to sleep.

white * * *

a sphinx speaks only
in * SPECIAL EFFECTS *
annoying, purring

sphinx: meow meow
meow...i run because
i am a secret (?)