Ode To Spot
Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature, an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses. I
find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, a singular development of cat communications
that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate
affection. A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; you would not be so agile if you lacked
its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion, it often serves to illustrate the
state of your emotion. O Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display connote a fairly
well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I
nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend. * Data, "Schisms"
