John Persons Kitty ((install)) | EXTENDED 2027 |

That was the sound that undid John Persons.

One Tuesday, after a brutal day of budget cuts, he came home to find the kitty absent. No mew. No muddy paw prints. No orange fur on the armchair. The silence was heavier than the usual silence. He checked the kitchen, the basement, the backyard. He walked the block, calling out a sound he’d never made before: "Here, kitty. Here, kitty." john persons kitty

So he maintained the fiction. "It's not a pet," he told his neighbor, Mrs. Gable, who watched him through her lace curtains. "It's a pest control solution." That was the sound that undid John Persons