6 March

Ode To Zip: “But The Cat Wants Nothing More Than To Be A Cat…”

by Jon Katz

I love this poem by Pablo Neruda; it captures my feelings about animals like Zip and my own life—this may be why Zip and I connected so quickly and became friends. Zip wants nothing more than to be a cat, and I want nothing more than to be me, not someone others want me to be.

(photo by Maria Wulf)

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“But the cat
wants nothing more than to be a cat,
and every cat is a pure cat
from its whiskers to its tail,
from sixth sense to squirming rat,
from nighttime to its golden eyes.”

from Ode to the cat by Pablo Neruda

5 Comments

  1. Love this and Pablo Neruda.
    As I sit here pondering my fun and fiercely independent cat!
    Zip lives the life he wants, and we are so lucky to be voyeurs. ♥️

  2. This is coincidence! I meant the other day to send the poem to you in full because it reminds me of cats in general but Zip most particularly, but I got sidetracked.

  3. Addendum:
    But the cat
    wants nothing more than to be a cat,
    . . .
    from nighttime to its golden eyes.”
    Nothing’s more wonderful than that.

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