Diary of a Quarantined Cat: Day 47

Love in the Time of Corona

I've been eavesdropping on the humans more lately to try to understand what it is that they're afraid of. So far I've gathered this much:

• It's some kind of virus, which I understand to be a little creature (perhaps like a mouse?).
• They can't see it. This explains why I haven't seen anything scary outside (like coyote gangs, or monsters).

It's so strange that they'd be afraid of such a small creature. Maybe they're frightened because they can't see it? I've learned that humans also can't see ghosts, and they seem to be scared of those too.

Why is it that we're afraid of what we can't see? The humans are afraid of this invisible mouse called a virus. Nemo is afraid of love.

I wonder if love were visible, what it would it look like. Would it be scary like a vacuum cleaner, or beautiful like a warm spot of sun on the kitchen floor? Maybe it would look different for everyone, or maybe it would be exactly the same. When I think of love, I think of my mother's coarse tongue pulling at my fur, to the symphony of our purrs. 

I wonder what Nemo sees when he thinks of love, or if he thinks of it at all anymore. It's easier not to think of the things that scare us.