In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait t…

Charles Bukowski
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In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking my ass. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2015). On Cats, p.98, Canongate Books
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In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking my ass. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2015). On Cats, p.98, Canongate Books

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