Coconut Cat standing on a tropical beach at golden hour

CoconutCat

I came off the tree in November. Nobody asked me. Since then the current has made every single decision and I have gone along with all of them.

keep going
washed up somewhere new*salt in everything*no return address*the tide picks, i pack* washed up somewhere new*salt in everything*no return address*the tide picks, i pack*

places the water put me

Nine months
of not choosing

Coconut Cat floating in shallow turquoise waterThe open water

Four days of this. I floated the whole way and told myself it was a plan.

Coconut Cat under a palm tree with a coconut fallingBack at the tree

I came back once. It dropped another one on me within a minute.

Coconut Cat sitting on a roadside coconut stallFor sale, apparently

Sat on the counter all evening. Two people picked me up and put me down.

Coconut Cat riding on a pickup full of coconutsLoaded by mistake

Somebody threw me in with the delivery. I did not correct him.

Coconut Cat sitting by a bonfire on a dark beachThe fire

Everyone left around one. I stayed until it went out, which is the part I am good at.

Nobody can tell

Coconut Cat hidden in a wooden crate of coconuts
This crate sat at the market for two days. I was in the middle of it the whole time and not one person looked twice. That is not a complaint. That is the best I have ever done.

Contract

soon
still out here