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Jean Cocteau liked cats.

Jean Cocteau liked cats.

Sad cat poem by Spencer Madsen

Sad cat poem by Spencer Madsen

“The Tyger” by William Blake.

“The Tyger” by William Blake.

Collage by John Ashbery

Collage by John Ashbery

William Carlos Williams in Rutherford, 1928. With some sort of animal.

William Carlos Williams in Rutherford, 1928. With some sort of animal.