How ugly our ears must seem to a cat! <br />How bald. How wrinkly. How pink. How flat. <br /> <br />For theirs are tapered, a furry thatch <br />That's lined with mother of pearl to catch <br />The dove's flight, fluffy as eiderdown... <br />Cat's ears are caverns where starlings drown.<br /><br />sheena blackhall<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cats-ears/