Domino has been visiting me every day for a week.
Domino is sweet.
Domino doesn't talk much.
Domino is sensitive to sound and texture.
Domino loves to be touched, caressed, snuggled.
Domino slept in my room last night.
We cuddled underneath my sheets, wrestled with each other, hugged.
Domino is a cat.
Domino is a she.
Domino is my ex-pet Stabby's sister.
Domino is spry and hyperactive.
Stabby is grim and sulky.
Another cat has invaded my life again.
This taking care of some puny tiger wannabe.
Tips me off balance.
I am Leon reluctantly adopting Mathilda Lando.
Domino, the persistent, devoted little bugger, she just wouldn't leave.
"Look," I tell Domino. "Go away. I'm too macho for you."
Domino just stares.
She purrs.
Licks me with her sandy tongue.
Rubs her fur against my skin.
I give her a spoonful of fishflesh.
Domino gobbles it all up and sprints back to rub me static electricity.

Five months ago Domino was the size of my palm.
Sister B let me choose between her and Stabby.
I chose Stabby.

Stabby.

I wanted to take Domino but Stabby was a snob.
Stabby didn't give a shit.
Stabby thinks she's some high class arrogant pampered superkitten.
Stabby wouldn't make too much of a noise.
Stabby was independent.
Stabby would leave me alone.
So I chose Stabby.
Now Stabby is gone.
Stabby didn't leave anything.
I cleaned everything out like cum on my bed.
Chucked Stabby out my life.
Good bye. Adios. Arrivederci forever.
But somewhere around my room there still is a strand of Stabby's fur.
A flake of Stabby's skin.
A scratch on my hiking pack.
Somewhere.
Stabby left a mark.

Now Domino is back to reclaim what is rightfully hers.
Me.
"Love me love me love me!" she says. Telepathically.
I don't want to.
I am to her who Stabby is to me.
"Leave me alone."
But really, animals transform me into someone else.
Already, Domino has transformed Kaira into someone else.

Kaira.

Kaira shreds pancake into a tiny saucer.
I say, "Don't."
I say, "Domino doesn't eat pancakes."
I say, "Domino only eats meat."
Kaira replies, "But this isn't for Domino."
Kaira says, "It's for me!"
Kaira puts it beside Domino's catfood.
Kaira fills a tiny bowl with water.
I say, "Domino already has her own water."
Kaira says, "But it's for me!"
She sets it next to her pancake and lies belly down on the floor.
Beside her Domino is drinking water.
Kaira eats her shredded pancake like a cat.
She thinks she's a cat.
She licks water from the other bowl and meows.
She says, "I'm a cat!"
I say, "So?"
I say, "Whatever."
I look away.

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