I spotted this slow-moving, unpleasant seeming cat at Calvary Cemetery a few years ago. It has haunted me since. I rediscovered these pictures and sent a couple of them up to the 500px.com popularity ccontest.

Remembering A Cemetery Cat

Remembering A Cemetery Cat

In the first instant that I saw the cat I thought for a millisecond that it might actually be human. I think this is because of the staid, frozen look in the animal’s eyes. It was a look of having been intruded upon.

The stareoff didn’t last long. Within a minute the cat began sauntering away. I hoped this world-weary beast had some place to go. The cat’s extraordinarily long whiskers suggested that this was a stray.

Remembering A Cemetery Cat

Remembering A Cemetery Cat

Wandering off among the tombs the cemetery cat stopped for one parting stare, one more accusatory look in my direction, into my eyes.

Remembering A Cemetery Cat

Remembering A Cemetery Cat