questions about cats

curiosity killed the cat, they say.

and i'm not one for philosophical debates, really,

i don't want you thinking i'm that kind of girl or anything

because that means i think about things when I should be hanging out

and write and prefer not to be around any of you

and i wouldn't want to offend you,

so i really am not that kind of girl.

but what about the cat did it kill?

i mean, curiosity didn't kill jfk.

lee harvey oswald killed jfk.

curiosity didn't kill

my parents' marriage.

no, no, i am of the opinion that my dad

did that.

curiosity didn't kill malcolm x.

muslim extremists killed malcolm x.

did curiosity kill even a part of them?

or the cat?

did curiosity run over its head?

i think that's what cars do.

did curiosity kick it too hard?

no, PETA-hating conservative hillbillies do that

and also really pissed off owners.

and what was it so curious about?

something serious enough to kill it,

or was it just wondering what makes the stars light up?

and is the cat really dead?

or did the cat just kind of die,

the light leave its eyes a little bit?

did curiosity kill the cat,

or was it the need to stop being ignorant?

will curiosity kill me too?

did the cat find something it wasn't supposed to and get knocked off

by the higher-ups?

or did the cat just wonder about some things

like

the planets

or maybe what the actual properties of human nature are

or why the rest of the student population wouldn't talk to him?

did he really die from some abstract form of l'appel du vide

or did he die because

he got kicked too hard?