If you asked Turner the painter
How many cats he owned he
Would turn slightly away from you
And gesture at his ear with
A loaded paintbrush (he could
Summon a brush by thinking of it)
And shrug, feigning deafness.
If you persisted he might pause
As if in deep thought before saying
"Many." In his great painting "Venice
From the Porch of Madonna della Salute"
You will sometimes see a calm grey cat
On the center-rightside gondola.
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