In Lieu of Better Writing Ideas

A short cat litter monologue

Sharon Pillai
1 min readFeb 5, 2024
Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash

A week ago I was cleaning out the litter box for my two cats since I am the designated cat box cleaning lady. I eventually dug up, among all the usual disgusting lumps and clumps, a perfectly robust heart shaped treasure my sweet feline friends made just for me. It was a bulbous scoop and weighed at least half a pound. So much piss! Such a wonder! What a gift! My first thought was to take a picture of it but on second thought, gross, but I can’t let this delightful excavation pass by without some sort of acknowledgement of Choco and Scout’s astounding achievement. Thanks guys!

The makers of the heart

Upon speaking to a friend about who becomes the designated cleaner of the cat box:

“The person that ends up cleaning the litter box does not have the power in the relationship.”

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Sharon Pillai

I'd like to think I have wit and grit. I like the right hemisphere of my brain more than the left. I need the left though for the words.