Yes, Again

At the risk of sounding completely negligent and irresponsible, my cat Black Cat has disappeared. As always I let him out last Wednesday morning and he hasn't come back. I've put up posters, visited shelters, walked the alley, fielded phone calls from people trying to sell me their cats, and nothing.

He was always a renegade, that cat, so I haven't given up hope that he'll saunter in one of these mornings and give me a head butt. But I do miss him terribly and not knowing where he is is breaking my heart.

I feel a little like God or the patron saint of cats or Mother Nature is mad at me.