I miss my cat, but perhaps she would miss me more

Die - you can't do that to a cat.

Since what can a cat do

In an empty apartment?

Climb the walls?

Rub up against the furniture?

Nothing seems different here

but nothing is the same.

Nothing's been moved

but there's more space.

And at night-time no lamps are lit.

 

Wislawa Szymborska

quoted from her  obituary in the Economist of 10 February 2012