a Kosmas post

[ursula]

I have consulted my poll and cats are the winner (after a hard-fought contest with math and ticky boxes), so here is a picture of Kosmas:



I have loved many cats in my life, but I think Kosmas is the first to decide that I am their specific favorite human. When I work from home, he sits on my lap (as shown here) or beside my desk. His most adorable, though not his most convenient, trait is a fondness for sharing my pillow. He'll ask to be let under the covers, then turn around until our heads are side by side and I'm cuddling him like a teddy bear. It's lovely to wake up to a soft, steady purr. It's less lovely when I'm having trouble finding a comfortable position and half the space is claimed by an enthusiastic orange tabby. In extreme cases, I've resorted to a decoy pillow.

Comments

[sabotabby]

What a baby.

[ursula]

♥

[octahedrite]

What a good boy <3

[ursula]

Yay kitties!

[yhlee]

Aww!

...mine just loafs on top of me, purring aggressively. :3

(Her trick is to purr aggressively while loafing on my torso until I'm nodding off, and then LEAP off with her mighty huntress hind legs, and then I'm wide awake but she's already gone off with an air of "My job here is done, the rest is up to you, human." It's hilarious. XD )

[ursula]

What a helpful catten!

[arkessian]

I have his soul brother, Boycat. He is friendly with all humans but I am His Special Person. He does exactly the same thing: under the duvet, stretches out alongside me with his face to my face on the pillow and rumbles happily all night.

[ursula]

Awww!

[sporky_rat]

Hello, Kosmas!

[glasseye]

Martin definitely preferred you, but Kosmas is much more of a lap cat.

[ursula]

And more likely to hang out in the same room just to be sociable, I think (though today the blanket on the chair downstairs is winning).

[skygiants]

BABY 😭😭😭

[eirias]

Oh, this is so sweet. I retroactively change my vote to cat. Though I would also not object to a poem about this utter charmer.