What Book/Essay/Piece of Literature/ etc. is this from?

I remember one part and it said something like


"I've gone shopping. Might not come back. The Cat's Ran Away. I unplugged the clock"


I'm not sure if it's WORD TO WORD EXACTLY what it said... but that's basically it, in that order if I remember correctly... I think it said it was from New Orleans or something... I don't remember exactly. I do believe it was talking about graffiti and books in the piece that I read. It was a short bit for a test, but it never said the name and it looked like a really good piece of literature, it didn't mention the author either... any help would be smashing! :D

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