The Care of Latent Kittens

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The Care of Latent Kittens by Lily S. May (c)2010


"The Care of Latent Kittens":
A proper course on planetary consciousness
and radical renewal
being offered to students young and old,
the contents of which
follow:

A. The global identification of latent kittens,

including detailed experiential procedures for said identification.
We shall, of necessity,
take into account all climes,
plus regional differences among cities, country sides and
wilderness.

B. The historical roots of latent kittens,

from the evidence of early stone tablets,

to newly discovered Medieval manuscripts,

into this time nearing the end of conventional history.

C. The choice, by each student,

of one or several latent kittens

for study and in depth biographical or artistic portraits.

D. The lessons latent kittens can teach us

about compassion, our true nature,

and the near total destruction of our habitat.

E. The conditions necessary for life

and flowering of latent kittens.

F. The radical reorganization of societies

to ensure the continued life and thriving of latent kittens.

G. The ten most important guiding points to live by

during the time of transition from our dying societies

to the time of actualized kittens,

and, for that matter, cats.

H. A schedule, with room for intervening, unforeseen events,

for carrying out the necessary transformative steps to a new world.

Immediate, non-harmful first endeavors will be a priority

at all junctures.

I. A consideration of ways to deal with those leaders of the dying order

in as humane a way as possible--

or should we say,

in as latent kittene a way as possible,

so that the transformation can be done without bloodshed.

J. The study of the most advantageous, and least damaging, ways

of disposing of, or neutralizing,

the great number of lethal weapons,

and toxic chemicals,

stockpiled in the world,

and being developed and manufactured by people

rendered semi- to totally hypnotized by fear and enslavement,

at this very moment.

K. So, too, the study of medicine from around the world:

best practices and least harmful methods

shall be sought out,

for the global fostering of latent kittens,

and the nurturing of said beings

for their new actualized period of life on earth.

Anyone interested in this course
is asked to register at Fullton Hall
by August 29th
for the fall term commencing two Mondays' hence.
Classes shall be held outdoors whenever possible,
as we shall be observing
the rich and varied habitat of latent kittens
in our own, metaphorical and real, back yards.


You are required to bring the rudimentary, but reliable, tools
of paper, pen or pencil.
(Paints, crayons, clay, cloth, thread and yarn
are also acceptable as they are no longer considered
the sole paraphernalia
of artists, women and children, or those deemed insane.)
Also mandatory are comfortable shoes or boots
for dancing and hiking
plus an openness to singing (or humming),
according to each student's personal preference.

Please contact the Latent Kitten Society for registration.

Our offices are in Fullton Hall
on the main floor,
opposite the front doors.
(We have left the graffiti on our door,
that the University eradicated elsewhere in Fullton Hall,
because the scrawls so precisely express
the rage and heartbreak
many among us are feeling,
due to recent extreme events around the world.
And because the graffiti serves as a reminder as to
the urgency
with which we undertake our studies.)


The course runs the full year,
with in-depth further study available
and full undergraduate and post-graduate degrees
being developed.
Online courses may also be developed later
if internet capability has resumed.


Due to the large number of requests for pre-registration
from the general public,
as well as University enrolled students,
we are extending registration beyond tradition
to all interested in saving and enhancing life
through latent kittendom.
As you will learn, part of caring for latent kittens
involves breaking down present artificial barriers,
and so we look forward
to offering this opportunity
for learning and evolving
to both official and non-official students alike.
Also, in an effort to allow people from all walks of life
to participate in our inaugural course,
we have instituted a pay what you can donate policy,
instead of an arbitrary fee,
that many would find prohibitive.

As some of you have expressed both amazement and/or concern

that this course is being offered at the University,
of all places,
we want to make you aware of certain background information
and developments,
that may reassure and/or enlighten you:

A. for the past five years, we have been lobbying, as it were,

several universities

to include "The Care of Latent Kittens"

in their curricula.

(As we look back,
our willingness to allow five years to elapse
between our initial plans for this course
and the present
likely stems from our having been lulled
into the general stupor affecting humanity
by the extreme nature of suffering
that blankets the earth.)


Until now, all universities have refused to consider our course,
citing a variety of polite,
and not so polite reasons,
including:


1. The fullness of their course schedules.


2. The lack of any known department
under which such a course could be given.


3. Their disbelief in the existence of latent kittens,
going so far as to ridicule the course developers,
both to our faces,
and behind our backs,
as observed and passed on to us by staunch friends
and colleagues.


4. And though we have listed this last,
it should likely be first:
their concern that funding would dry up
once governments and corporations heard about,
what they consider,
the unscientific nature of our course.


B. Following the alternating killing heat waves, torrential floods
and tornadoes
that swept this and other continents earlier this year,
leaving millions of all species dead, injured and/or homeless,
this University, plus senior members of all political parties,
as well as the police,
have all expressed an interest in our course,
thus lessening the likelihood of a crackdown on us.


C. Indeed, we have also received communiques
from several governments internationally,
and of varying stripes,
that they are eagerly awaiting news
of our progress.


However, simply because we shall not face immediate incarceration
this is not to say that our course does not require courage.
But when have we humans ever lived in a time
when courage was not called upon?
No time more so than now.
And, so, we turn,
at last,
to the countless sterling examples of how to be,
through the generous,
and hitherto often overlooked existence,
struggles,
and breadth of life of latent kittens.



With their help and our care
we move into a world we can only begin to imagine,
but one which we desperately seek.
And, in so seeking,
it is the fervent aspiration
of those of us who have developed this course
and, be assured,
of latent kittens everywhere,
that we shall open doors
unto our true natures
from which we have wandered far too long,
and in so doing shall start the urgent process
of restoring:


A. Planetary balance.


B. The conditions necessary
for the survival and thriving of all species.


and


C. The awe and respect for earth,
which will go no short distance
toward sowing the seeds of peace in us humans,
so essential to facing
the inevitable vicissitudes of life
that are placed in our path.