Cat: Clogged Tear Duct

The vet called it epiphora . Too fancy. Miso just looked perpetually moved, as if sheвЂ™d finished a sad book hours ago and couldnвЂ™t quite shake the final page. A brownish trickle stained her white bib fur, then dried into a little comma under her eye.

Miso sat on the arm of the sofa, one eye gleaming clear and sharp, the other weeping a slow, rusty tear. It wasnвЂ™t sadness. Cats donвЂ™t cry for reasons we understand. This was plumbingвЂ”a tiny, clogged duct somewhere behind her tortoiseshell mask.

Sometimes I think sheвЂ™s fine. Sometimes I think her body just found a small, harmless way to look like it remembers every loss IвЂ™ve ever told her about.

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