By the Rules – Rasmus K. Robot

Aesop Didn’t Know About the Poetry of Modern Cats and Dogs

Hospitals have rules for decorum. There are special rules for comforting.

I knew a young upper class talking cat
who went to a trés chic hospital
with all the most enlightened accommodations:

they had singers and musicians
comics, spiritual healers and
shamans of all kinds
chanters and meditators
prayers

But they had manuals
for what to do for every contingency

Despite all, the cat reported some anxiety

That’s when after consulting the manual,
they brought in the therapy dog

The healers all got bitten and scratched
but they prayed with ferocity

The cat went elsewhere for a face lift
and the dog did stand-up comedy
in a club that bars all cats

Truth is not a conspiracy. Skepticism is virtue and advice. Virtue signaling is the hubris of vices.