An unsuspecting, little, field mouse <br />committed a simple mistake one day; <br />it unwittingly entered my rented house, <br />not knowing my cats wanted to play. <br /> <br />My feline buddies, Hijinx and Mischief, <br />decided to live up to their spirited names; <br />sadly, the field mouse was offered no relief – <br />for the boys had a live prize to claim. <br /> <br />By its tail, my cats had live entertainment; <br />although they’re allowed to have their fun, <br />from this one deed, my cats will never repent; <br />for they again had disobeyed - rule number one. <br /> <br />Since their English is not very good, <br />their one restriction they tend to forget; <br />so it’s not surprising they misunderstood, <br />my rule of: “Pets are not allowed to have pets! ” <br /> <br />So now it was time for me to intervene; <br />performing an unexpected “Animal Rescue”, <br />I now became a mouse catching machine <br />and watched him scamper away from my view. <br /> <br />A new retrieval approach, I had to posit; <br />with the boys closely monitoring my work, <br />I quickly chased him into a nearby closet, <br />hoping my cats wouldn’t impatiently go berserk. <br /> <br />Removing items from the closet’s floor, <br />and contending with this fuzzy foreigner, <br />I eyed the boys – to keep him from being gored. <br />Eventually, I trapped him in the corner. <br /> <br />By the time I reached him, he had died – <br />traumatized until his last heart’s rush. <br />Unlike my curious pets, I became teary eyed, <br />as this escapade ended… with a toilet’s flush.<br /><br />Joseph James Breunig 3rd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-field-mouse/
