GOLDEN EARS

GOLDEN EARS

Near the back of the house where the dumpster stands

I see a second floor window…

That looks out over the parking lots strands,

With cat ears in the window.

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I think there must be a kitty up there

But these ears never move…

The most that I see are just the ears,

There’s not much that I can prove.

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A Mom and her daughter live in that place

Overlooking the parking lot…

I’m not so sure it would be right

To knock just to see what they’ve got.

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The cat, ceramic or merely asleep,

Or it’s ears have a golden hue…

It could be the lighting that time of the day,

Golden cats would be something new!

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The Egyptians had cat idols they plated gold,

Not mere paint for thing so grand…

Suffice to say there’s a kitty up there

Its ears looking over the strand.

—Jonathan Caswell