Monday Morning Conversation.
This is a little chat I might have had this morning.
Characters: Me, cat, and a coffee cup.
Setting: Monday morning. A small, warm kitchen with bright sunlight streaming through its many windows. This is probably not my house.
Me: It’s a beautiful day. (Stretches, looks out windows.) I don’t feel like going to work.
Cat: I heard you tossing and turning all night.
Me: Indeed. (Standing, looking at the coffee maker as it burbles and hisses steam.) I am sleepy.
Cat: Is something weighing on your mind?
Me: Monday. (Yawns.) And I am worried about work and money.
Cat: Sometimes you worry too much about things.
Me: Yes, that’s true. (Leans down to stroke cat’s back.)
Cat: Me too.
Me: Why? (Looks to cat, curled at feet.) Like what?
Cat: I am afraid you won’t come home some nights.
Me: (Looking into cat’s eyes.) Is that why you pee my bed?
Cat: I am nervous and angry.
Me: Sorry. (Bends and strokes cat’s whiskers.)
Cat: It’s OK. (Purrs and stretches.) I love you dearly.
Me: Thank you. I know. (Retrieves coffee cup from cupboard.)
Coffee Cup: I don’t like that you keep me in the cabinet so much. Look at how nice the light is shining through these windows.
Me: I know. (Looks towards windows.) I keep you in there to make things tidier.
Coffee Cup: I don’t really understand.
Me: I frequently leave you on the counter in the light when I leave for work.
Coffee Cup: I enjoy the light.
Me: You are a long lasting and durable cup. (Lifts pot and pours coffee into cup.) You have served me well. (Stands, sipping coffee from cup and staring out the windows.)
Coffee Cup: Thank you.
Cat: I will sit in the windows while you’re gone and wait for you to return.
Me: It won’t be long.
Coffee Cup: I would like to be in the sun while you’re gone. Wash me and put me away later, please.
Me: OK, I will. (Lifts cup to lips, drinks.)
Cat: Have a nice day. (Stands and rubs his side against my leg before hopping onto a window sill.)
Me: I will try.