CAT DISTRICT / OCTOBER 10, 2026 / STREET DESK

SATURDAY’S PAPER / OCTOBER 10, 2026

THE STREET
HEARD THINGS.

Three stories. Three overheards. No one behaved.

OVERHEARD BY THE VENT / OCTOBER 10, 2026

THEY SAID
WHAT NOW?

Fictional overheards. Nobody here can be trusted.

“I tried to wink. He asked if I needed my drops.”— Valerie, abandoning subtlety
“She said “come as you are.” Then she looked at me.”— Margo, still in the doorway
“He built me a little staircase to the bed. I’ve stopped calling him temporary.”— an elderly tabby, reconsidering the boyfriend
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