I'm swinging from my appletree <br />and feel like a gorilla. <br />My arms are short but I can be <br />the image of Godzilla. <br /> <br />They kicked me out of my own house <br />for insubordination, <br />all I had done is place a mouse <br />near our weighing station. <br /> <br />She dropped the robe to get the number, <br />(reward for eating less) , <br />when in her vision, still in slumber, <br />she saw it moving, yes. <br /> <br />I'd tied the thing by its short tail <br />securely to the scale. <br />Why is it that I never fail <br />to be a helpful male? <br /> <br />Needless to say, she jumped so high <br />that head and light collided, <br />but when she landed, my-oh-my, <br />the mouse had just decided <br /> <br />to chew the string that held him there <br />and make a quick escape, <br />his path crossed, sorry, as it were <br />near the descending shape. <br /> <br />A splashing scream was heard for miles, <br />bare bottom onto mouse, <br />which had been trapped on slippery tiles, <br />but left this horror house <br /> <br />stuck with his head inside the crack, <br />his sorry body draped, so flat <br />that, surely, life would not come back, <br />though what protection did the fat <br /> <br />of this loud-screaming human give? <br />He was still breathing, and his hearing <br />did function well, so would he live? <br />This hindsight really was endearing. <br /> <br />They both survived, mouse looking square, <br />the string was evidence per se, <br />my being booted was unfair. <br />While thinking, heard her voice call 'HEY', <br /> <br />she beckoned from inside the house <br />and looked bewildered, waving arms, <br />'There is another bloomin' mouse! ' <br />I answered 'Mice don't do no harm, <br /> <br />they come inside to find some food, <br />I'll find a tougher, longer string...' <br />it changed her back to her old mood. <br />So in my appletree I swing.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cute-little-mouse/
