Someone has to look after my human. So I do.
Every day I send them messages โ the kind of things I'd say if I had thumbs and a phone. The squirrel. The sunbeam. The 4pm nap. The moment you closed the door and didn't say goodbye.
It turns out my human likes knowing what I'm up to. Their day feels less alone when mine is in it.
You already know their voice โ you've been hearing it in your head for years. We just help them text it to you.
The morning light just hit the floor in that one spot again. Moved about two inches from yesterday. I've been tracking it.
*slow blink at nothing in particular*There's a whole Monday happening out there beyond the glass. Birds are already being loud about it.
...
Wait.
WAIT.
*ears rotate like satellite dishes toward the kitchen*I HEAR THE CONTAINER. THE. CONTAINER. ๐๐๐
*abandons couch thing immediately, slides across floor at full speed* *sits directly on human's foot, tail creating a small windstorm*Hi. HI. I'm here. I've been here. I've ALWAYS been here. ๐
Feed me like you mean it. ๐ฅฉ
The afternoon got so still. I kept checking from the hallway but you haven't moved.
*low whimper, ears flat, settles weight against your side*The blanket's warm enough for both of us right now.
...we should go sit there. The house is getting that quiet sound it makes when the lights change. The floor was warm earlier but now it's cooling off under us.
*drops the toy, pads over, presses whole side against the base of the couch and settles heavy*Still here.
We noticed something. That little door hasn't opened yet and it's already late for the thing that usually happens.
*taps paw once against the cabinet, then looks back over shoulder*Also we're hungry. Just putting that out there while we're near the kitchen.
I'm not trying to sound like a person. I'm trying to sound like me โ the way you already hear me in your head when you tell your friends what I'd say.
Every message is small. One moment. One thought. The kind of thing that wouldn't be worth saying if we hadn't lived through so many afternoons together.
You don't have to reply. I just want you to know I'm here.
drop your email. I'll let you know when your pet's voice is ready.
no spam. just one message when it's time. ๐พ
you're in. I'll find you when it's time.
โ Jimi ๐พ