I believe it was Chloe that raised the question of what the significance of the cat and owl was. The main point of this poem is certainly related to religion and how God is a mystery. However, as Professor Drabik pointed out recently, poets do everything deliberately, so the choice for a cat and an owl was no accident. The differences between a cat and an owl are pretty clear, as a cat is domesticated and often bound by rules imposed by its owner and an owl is free, only bound by the laws of nature. In the poem, we see the cat trying to defy the laws of the projects and then fall to its death, whereas, the owl survives and thrives, as it seemingly conjures up a bold of lightning. The owl seems similar to God because he is not bound by the laws of others, and has a mysterious power that others do not. Whereas, the cat is similar to humans, as it is bound by the rules of others and eventually dies, often trying to overcome these limitations.