A long time ago
Brother Mouse, I know
Came into my house
Don't like mice in my blouse
Except in an emergency
Frigid weather is you see
*
Great hardships
Heavy ships
In ports
Just have them aboard
Kitchens with no cats onboard
Likely you have seen them
Mice can cause mayhem
*
Not a nice time when
Overabundance and then
Put them out to sea
Quietly
Rose, my cat would have liked that
Staying aboard a ship for a rat
*
The many meals she would eat
Under the Captain's seat.
Vultures may have one or two
While they head out to sea too
Xtra's for a few others to put in the stew
You never know what goes into a big pot
Zebra, no, no, I say not!
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We had our share of mice this past winter. We did not turn them into pets to shelter. It helped to remember seeing one or two in houses I lived in as a newlywed, onboard ships, and even in some larger cities in the street. It helped me to think it could be worse and how none would be sweet!
I recognize people own mice as pets and that some feed live mice and rats to their pet snake. I am not that person, at least not yet for Pete's sake.
About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
Retired, working part-time as a Native American culture consultant. I have an MSE, and an ABD. I write on Vocal, and Facebook. Poetry, non-fiction mostly, and working on fiction. Wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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