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[img]396|left|Alex Campbell||no_popup[/img]By Shelby Campbell, age 14, domestic longhair cat, descendant of Maine Coons.

[Author's note: This week's column was written by my cat while I was away on vacation.]

You've gone away again.
I can't believe it.

Even after what I did last summer.
Did you forget?

How I used the living room rug as a litterbox,
because I was mad at you for leaving me?

You've organized a team of seven.
SEVEN! people, to do the work of one.

Your notes are clear.
The schedule, tight. Organized.
I'm impressed.

But it's not the same, Mom. I miss you.
Come home soon.

I'm trying to be good. Except I bit that woman a little.
I'll try not to do it again.

Ms. Alexandra Campbell of Boston, the normal proprietor of this space — or should that read, “normally the proprietor of this space”? — may be contacted at campbellalexandra@hotmail.com

Mr. Shelby Campbell has not yet earned an email address.