So, it's a weird thing. Last night I turned to the album Up, because I was in a state and needed to wallow a bit. The song I kept repeating was "Lotus" for it's brash sound and slightly jarring lyrics. I listened to it over and over (as I often do when I fixate on a song) and had my mind on the Lotus Eaters of Odysseus and Tennyson.
Early this morning, I get a laugh by way of an internet joke/email about a woman, her lost cat, and the guy she's begging to make her a missing poster. Funny, but mainly because of the acerbic way the man taunts the poor woman...and because I don't like cats.
Then, my uncle posts on Facebook about hiking the Superstition Mountains, and I proceed to joke (badly) that he must have had to avoid lots of ladders and black cats along the way. Shortly after that, another friend posts a "kitten in a teacup" pic and I make a snarky comment. Still blissfully ignorant to the growing trend in my day.
Finally, while attempting to decide which line from "Lotus" to post as my Facebook status, I stumble upon "That cat..." and it hits me.
I'm being told something here, but I have no idea what it is. What do cats signify and why am I encountering so many cats today?
"So happy to show us, I ate the lotus..." -R.E.M "Lotus"
-Jeffro
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