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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: industrialization and Ossi Oswalda the cat*
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:04:13 -0500 (EST)
industrialization and Ossi Oswalda the cat* http://www.alansondheim.org/ossisnoring.mp3 Ossi is a West Virginia feral cat, who has lived with us for four or five years now. Her haunches are odd, and I have the feeling she was the runt of the litter; she used to be defensive and fierce, striking out if we got too close. Now she's somewhat more relaxed. She snores, which I think is a combination of what was probably a hard life, and the air around us in New York. For we live next to a 20,000 seat stadium going up, and asthma's on the increase in the area - I've started using two inhalers myself. We fought the good fight (platitude) but you can't fight City Hall (platitude), and the it won. The stadium's owned largely now by 'a Russian' since the US owners were going broke; we have our suspicions about this. In any case, the air is foul with dust and construction noise/vibrations (which helps account for my mood, among other things), and Ossi's snoring has gotten louder and more 'wheezing.' We're inhaling particulate matter day and night; dust is everywhere and our place can't be kept clean. So here are the new in-dust-trial sounds of Ossi the cat, who will probably live forever. * NOT the silent film actress, for whom Ossi is named ** ** Thanks to Rachel and Frank for her of course!