We love our cat
for her self
regard is assiduous
and bland,

for she sits in the small
patch of sun on our rug
and licks her claws
from all angles

and it is far
superior
to "balanced reporting"

though, of course,
it is also
the very same thing.

- Rae Armantrout, "Thing"

It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. - John Steinbeck