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I hear the sound before I open my eyes. Someone is eating, though I should be alone in my room, and it\u2019s too loud, too close. When I look, I see the cat---the one we\u2019re all supposed to adore, that\u2019s meant to have us all therapeutically laughing, lowering our blood pressures by stroking its soft grey fur. I tried once, but it felt to me as soft as cobwebs, as dust, as decaying flesh. The cat is sitting on the shelf wheeled across the bottom of my bed. It\u2019s eating my breakfast. | Copyright 2018 by Alison Littlewood. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices