the council of the bridge
meets about a cat who will not leave
moon cat presiding, nap tiles open, adjournment pending
item one: guided tours
The cat leads each visitor across the bridge to its nap spots. Stop one is the warm square of stone outside the bakery. Stop two is a sunbeam that has already left. Please walk slower than you wish.
item two: the bowl
A bowl of stars, which the cat intends to eat one at a time. The council has ruled this a reasonable plan. Each star wears a small crown.
Seven goldfish, seven crowns, one bowl of stars. The goldfish have not been consulted. They are not permitted to abdicate.
✶item three: the question
what is the cat looking for? a nap.
item four: the bridge
The cat will not leave the bridge. The bridge has been asked nicely. The bridge says it is also a bridge that is sleeping.
whack the naps
Each sleeping cat you wake is one nap counted. The council adjourns when the timer runs out, which is when the cats decide.
item five: minutes
The minutes of the last meeting were a nap. Nobody objected, and no one remembers it happening, which is the most honest kind of minute.
item six: the kitten
A kitten has been appointed deputy tour guide. It has not yet been told. It is asleep in the margin of this sentence.
motion to adjourn. the cat has been asked. the cat is still on the bridge.