one night around six by the wallace street bridge
between a high traffic street and the railroad fence
was a cat looking desperate, trying to cross
so I coaxed her over, scooped her up into my arms
we crossed dundas avenue and I put her down
and for the next three hours I followed her around
and tried to convince her to walk into the neighbourhood
and away from the dangerous street to someplace where I could
console myself that she was gonna be alright
cos it was cold, it was November, and I was already having a night
but this cat walked alongside me, back and forth
on the west side of dundas checking out every back lane, garden, front porch
I'm not gonna lie, I got pretty attached
couple times I tried to leave, got six steps away, then turned to come back
a lot of people looked at us like we were nuts
just a guy, walkin his cat with no leash, while people stared from the windows of the bus
at one point we went into an alley where I thought she'd be safe
so I said "ok my friend this is where I leave you, I hope our paths cross again some day"
next thing I know, she popped her head out from behind an old crate
hopped along over to me meowing like she was celebrating her birthday
I know at this point you're probably getting nervous
cos I don't write a lot of happy songs and all this detail must have a purpose
so let me spoil the ending, you can relax, develin is ok
I follow her on instagram now, she's got more followers every day
so we just kept walking together for a very long time
occasionally people stopped but mostly kept walkin on by
one woman looked at my face and said "hey man are you doing ok?"
I said "no, thanks for asking, there's a cat under this porch and I don't know where she lives or how to keep her safe"
it turns out she lives on the other side of the bridge
with a woman who came to pick her up and didn't seem too conscientious
I looked at develin and I knew she wasn't mine to care for
but I tried to impress upon her the importance of not crossing dundas anymore
I went home, I was so cold
memories of develin I'll forever hold
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