Patchwork Mouse

Tippity Tippity

Tap Tap Tap

I don’t know what it is

But it has woke me up

2 AM running across

The hardwood floor

The sound of little toes

Clickity clack

Clickity clack

Chit chit chit

I hear a gnawing in

Dresser drawer

Little teeth chewing

Their way through

The wood to make a

Nest in my underwear

I can stand it no more

I get up to catch

My demon foe

When what should

My eyes behold

But a multicolored

Patchwork mouse

Living inside my

Lacey unmentionables.