Excellent Haiku, Felicity!!!
Most every cat I've owned couldn't understand the thing in my hand when I was drawing, doing homework, Word Jumbles or Crossword Puzzles.
They'd bat at it and eventually end up chewing on it.
Jack.
Thanks. :) The most laissez-faire of my cats would just swat at the implement and try to knock it out of my hand. One of them seemed to think erasers were a food group, and would only go after pencils. Another decided to take the dirct approach: she wouldn't go after the Evil Thing itself, but would instead attack whatever was wielding the Evil Thing. She meant business, too; it's a wonder my right hand isn't just a mass of scar tissue.