At 4:23 a.m. the Cat Wakes Me
he sets my curiosity
“A rhythmic, repetitive neural oscillator”
ablaze in wonder
“sends messages to the laryngeal muscles,
causing them to twitch”
at how gentle rapidity of noises
“at the rate of 25 to 150 vibrations per second (Hz).”
makes me content, and yet
“This causes a sudden separation of the vocal cords,“
aggravated, of this sudden disturbance
“during both inhalation and exhalation -”
and yet, overjoyed at the concert
“the unique feline vibrato.”
* reference https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr
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* reference https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr
I love this mixture of science and sensory experience.
Thanks. It was a fun bleary-eyed experiment!
So, wasn’t sure whether to put the reference with the poem or in a comment. Removed it, commented it, then decided it probably should remain with the poem, and finally got the formatting to work. Feedback welcome on this experiment!
I loved this use of found language!