"Admit it," said Lotus. "Admit that if tomorrow all of humanity disappeared to be replaced by cats that this would only be an improvement. No traffic jams or pollution, no wars or television shows. Every ridiculous, time-wasting, misery-inducing preoccupation of your species...gone. Just like that. Doesn't it sound lovely?"

"Oh, very lovely," agreed Ed.

...Judy thought about it, and it didn't seem so bad to become a cat. Her life hadn't been going very well, and it wasn't as if she had much of a future. But things like that didn't bother cats. She wasn't sure how she felt about having a tail, but she did like tuna salad and sleeping in.

from Monster
A. Lee Martinez