Cat And Bird Comments
The flight which you suspend haunts your quivering fur,
Echo of wings by some caprice strayed from the sky.
As you feel you could not follow the flight you spy,
Your buried bound is dream, expectation, anger.
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French original: LE CHAT ET L'OISEAU Le vol que tu suspends habite ton pelage, Echo d'aile qu'au sol un caprice égara, Et ne pouvant suivre l'essor que tu flairas Ton jet enseveli est songe, attente, rage. Bloc pareil au repos, pierre où la griffe dort, Miroir mimant l'oiseau par sa lucarne d'or, Mort à guetter tenace et semblable à ta mort, Un ressort abattra le croc sur le volage. Noces! L'amant subtil a couronné l'amour. C'est en vain que l'oiseau veut regagner le jour. Une patte de plomb le caresse et allume En son aile un plaisir si tenace et si lourd Que son envol brisé revêt tombeau de plumes.
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7/27/2025 10:28:14 PM # 1.0.0
a tragic ending to a bird, betrayed by a cats nature and it's own destiny, but also an allegory to lovers of two types, one destroying the other no doubt! Great!