Tuesday, August 31, 2010

William S. Burroughs: The Cat Inside


One of the cutest animals on earth is a sand fox. He can barely overpower a mouse. He shits with fear at the sight of a gopher. Mostly he lives on eggs, creeps into the hen house like a little gray ghost...SWAAAALKK! Too late. He has eaten an egg and skittered away. The bolder ones prey on young birds all hairless in the nest. Quick and furtive, he sneaks in with the worm in his teeth and they think it's Mother there with the worm and open their little yellow mouths. He bites through the throat and sucks the blood avidly, tearing off mouthfuls of breast, his eyes shine with joy, blood on his little black snout and his little white needle teeth like a greedy schoolboy tearing into a sweet. Almost disgusting. Redeemed by beauty and innocence he belches, spewing strawberry sauce across the headmaster's shirt.
"I say, I'm awfully sorry and all that rot. Won't happen again. Just let me clean you up, sir." He rushes out and comes back with a stale mop dripping dirty water and shoves the reeking mop at the headmaster. "Have you all neat and tidy in no time, guv." He slops garbage water all over the stunned headmaster. ""Bloody loose ship they run here if you don't mind me saying so, sir. Why, Gor blimey, some of that muck got up into your dish, mate." He slaps the headmaster in the face, knocking him out of his chair.

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