Friday, September 30, 2011

All cats are janus-faced

Frank and Louie, the two-faced cat, is famous all over the world today. And why? Simply because he does not look like other cats.

Foolish humans. Every cat does not look like every other cat. Indeed, every human does not look like every other human. Why then recoil when one notices an extra nose? Especially if it possible to smell with it, as I understand the fortunate F & L is able to do?

Over here, the mouse-scented breeze,
the gamey twang of tom down there;
And what if my noses are pink and grey?
The bird I sniff out won't care.

(That isn't a bad effort for someone hungover from a month of torpidity. I admit I was thinking of a fusion of Gooney & Bhiksu, which would achieve two differently shaded noses but a whole brain.)