Today’s ‘inspiration’ (do not make any assumptions about another ‘inspiration‘ tomorrow – such is highly unlikely) comes from Meg who reports to me that her cat murdered a mouse in her upstairs bedroom overnight (though the cat probably views it as more akin to a political assassination) and left her with the task of disposing of the body.
This was my helpful advise.
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When a mouse’s systems fail
Take the rodent by the tail
Show respect for the deceased
Sadly farewell this tiny beast
Show regret. Display some tears
For final moments. Earthly fears
A final night of earthly cares
A final journey down the stairs
Out the door, towards the street
Such tiny hands. Such tiny feet
Towards the neighbour’s house, and hence
Throw the rat over the fence.
Richmond Road 
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Fabulous poem! Oh my goodness. It’s an honor to inspire such greatness! I guess Mr. Kitty should really take most of the credit here. I’ll let you know if my neighbor gets mad to see a dead mouse flying toward him over the fence! 😀
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Your sarcasm is noted.
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This, from the master of the sarcastic deadpan. It’s a great poem!! 🙂 Even the dead mouse agrees!!
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The mouse is alive! My dad came up to dispose of him, but he scampered away! (The mouse, not my dad. My dad just grunted.)
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I caught the mouse and he escaped to safety! (I took him outside!) YAY!!
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A lovely poem😂 But since the mouse was “playing possum”, what will you write as an encore?
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I’m not good with happy endings. Not that sort, anyway.
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I’ve heard that the mouse that invaded the house
Is breathing. He survives!
He’ll outlive the cat, ‘cause he’s better than that
For he claims to have more than nine lives
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In a further update a mouse has been discovered undeniably deceased on the road outside Meg’s house – the apparent victim of a hit and run …
Such is fate
Death has a date
For us all, including your mouse
We cannot pretend
It won’t come in the end
For one day we must all leave the house
Your mouse had his dances
Your mouse took his chances
He emerged from a fight with your cat
On the road heard a motor
A battered Toyota
He is now irreparably flat.
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