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Run​-​On Sunshine - The Cats Get It (Get with the Cats​!​)

from Dogs and Cats! Living Together! by Run-On Sunshine/Paper Ceilings

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In 2015, I came out to the world as non-binary/genderqueer. It took me a long time to admit it to myself, and now I'm telling the world: I don’t identify as a man or woman, but as somewhere in the fuzzy and happy middle of the gender spectrum. Cats figured this out before I did.

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Singing praise for cats. It’s not a new game for me, but here’s a scoop. Learning who I am. They’ve always known, think all of the friends who’ve said: “Funny! Cat is scared of men, but look how much she is loving you.”

You’ve got to get with the cats! They see it. They knew before even me. They get it, yeah. Felines don’t adhere to the binary. See what’s true not blinded by anatomy.

Kitties + androgyny go together. All the cats who make us say: “Pretty! Must be girl.” But beneath tail is no match for what’s behind the meow.

I’ve got to get with the cats! Believe it. They helped my discovery! Of the real me. Once wrote a song about parties that hinted. No more denying for me! This queer is here.

Got to get with the cats! Believe it. Time that you follow their lead. Get with it, yeah. Words signal start of your understanding. From beyond the whiskers I will never hear: “Mister,” “man,” or “sir.” But gender-free greet me with the sweetest purr.

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from Dogs and Cats! Living Together!, released January 22, 2016

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Run-On Sunshine Saint Petersburg, Florida

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