cat catching birds

%%yellow%%5:30 AM%%, fifteen minutes before my daily alarm. like clockwork, i am awoken instead to the squealing and screeching of a bird and the violent chirps of her friends. goddammit, that damn cat is up to it again. i swear, every two days he catches a poor little bird. today was the first time i was quick enough out of bed to save the little gal. i tore totoro off of her and she flapped…