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To: Mercat

. . .
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

- T.S. Eliot
(from “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”)


120 posted on 08/03/2012 5:05:23 AM PDT by Mercat (Necessity is the argument of tyrants. John Milton)
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To: Mercat
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.


I heard that recited in, of all places, the schlocky sci-fi movie Logan's Run. Peter Ustinov, playing an old forgotten man living on his own with cats in the U.S. Capitol, recited it to Logan 5 and Jessica.
123 posted on 08/03/2012 6:38:14 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to hear you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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