Mouse In The House

lately, i've had a mouse problem in my apartment, i killed a total of 16 mice in a 2 week period, no thanks to my landlord. it helped break writer's block nonetheless & so, i'd like to share one of the several poems i have written on the subject. hope you enjoy it...

Mouse Number Nine

Mouse Number Nine,
Doesn’t have time to die
So elusive, Mouse Number Nine watches from a corner the traps being laid by the Richard Speck of mouse-killers
Horrified, Mouse Number Nine watches, as its entire family is murdered
One by one by one by one by one by one by one by one
Mouse Number Nine devises a plan to hole up inside an untouched box, crafty as a fox, so it believes
Mouse Number Nine goes on a hunger strike to get itself ready for the final assault, but in the fourth hour, the idea begins to sour,
And all Mouse Number Nine could think of, was food
Now’s there’s a crazy theory, that just makes me sneeze
About cats chasing mice that nibble on cheese
And dogs that chase cats that chase mice
And those poor field mice, like Mouse Number Nine that never get enough to eat
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

(written March 8, 2005)