i wanted a kitten, it's true, i felt the sad vacancy the old cats left, and i wanted a new being in my life, to round out the family. somehow it seems we need an animal kid. sometimes like david byrne i get a little freaked out. i never had a kitten  before, except when i was a kid, and it fell on maw to deal with though we begged and promised we would take full responsibility. so in a way i'm still a kid in terms of the kitten, though i'm sixty-five in three days. pretty old for a kid, and a kitten, but i wanted this kid olive and providence, or abandoning hands, obliged. i pray that some fine day i will get it right.