every time

every time my mama takes the broom out she gathers up a Whole Other Cat

a Whole Other Cat is the parts of kitty that are no longer a part of kitty

but they still smell like kitty

when something used to be a part of someone but then it isn't any more because it got stuck under the couch or behind the door and you have to gather it up and make it go away so life can be normal again that is what Julia Kristeva calls abjection

my mama calls it sweeping

they both agree that it is horrific

i do not like it because how does my mama know where kitty ends and a Whole Other Cat begins?

she says when you have been around a while the distinction is pretty obvious but i am not so sure