Ms. Boa looks the way I have felt this week. And hearing that Aretha Franklin died, I think this expresses my mood.

This is for the Ragtag Daily Prompt: respect. Respect for loss, grief, and cat knowledge too.

Princess Mittens, the cat on the left, is gone. One day she was in the living room, sitting under the vent and staring up at it. I finally paid attention and realized why.

There was a bat in the vent. I could see claws. Ms. Boa became very interested too.

We did get the bat out, by opening the windows upstairs and the vent. Keeping the cats downstairs.

Ms. Boa was sad when our other cat was killed by a car.

Thank you so much for the music, Aretha Franklin.