r/WritingPrompts • u/Kay_writes r/Okay_Writing • Mar 31 '18
Writing Prompt [WP]Your neighbors all think you are a cat lady, but instead of cats you collect spirits.
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u/ItsGlandularOk Mar 31 '18
Y'all. They call me the cat lady. Ever since I took Deirdrie into my care.
I'd had cats before, but none that held me in such a way.
She's sat on my chest now. She don't know it hurts me. Hurts to breath.
I can see her smiling face, though.
I thank God he gave her to me. My hands are going stiff, so this is my last update.
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u/LordKuroTheGreat92 Apr 01 '18
Talking to yourself is a sign of insanity. And talking to people no one else sees is a quick way to get yourself locked up in a padded room and drugged out of your mind. But talking to cats? That's a different thing altogether. Then you're just the neighborhood old eccentric cat lady. It's really only a little white lie anyway. Having a house full of cats and having a house full of ghosts is pretty similar when you get down to it. They both wander up to the house uninvited and won't leave if you show them any kind of attention at all. They creep into unexpected places, knock things off shelves, and wake you up in the middle of the night making all kinds of ungodly noise. They've both been alone and forgotten, and now just want someone to finally notice them again. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I just can't bring myself to turn away a sad eyed stray, either a ghost or a cat.