Mouse scat would be some sort of freeform rodent jazz riff I take it, Max. May you yet prove to be a ratsequal.
Hoo roo,
billetc
On 23/05/2012, at 6:22 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Eek!
> (a sequel to Mouse and Wife)
>
> Eek! - the good old female
> exclamation or squeak
> at seeing a mouse
> or some such trespass -
>
> issued from my wife's
> mouth yet again,
> as she saw scurry
> (that good old word)
>
> across the pantry
> floor and under the fridge
> one more fast mouse.
> But, I demurred,
>
> there'd be mouse-scats
> if mouse it was.
> The trap is set and baited.
> More nights we waited.
>
> One morning the trap
> is upside down
> but baited still!
> Perhaps a giant cockroach?
>
> (Her own suggestion.)
> But - this morning -
> the grey trap has been sprung,
> we have a small dead mouse.
>
> And it's autumn still -
> what may winter bring?
> And what is that now?
> she's seen outside
>
> drop past the window,
> something like a rat.
> Black, large and fast,
> safe from any mouse-trap.
>
> Meanwhile, carry away the dead -
> high over the dog's head -
> for burial,
> or other disposal.
>
> I go outside on rat patrol.
> A sequel to this sequel
> may show whether
> I'm a rat's equal.
>
> Max Richards
>
>
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