Lab Rat

A Lab Rat Rapt in a Cage of Steel Wandering whether the Cat Can otherwise feel I feel Pain I feel It Scalding off the Sides Converting Agony in rains In which a hush of unheard cries Trying durable To flee from a box Of No Return, & Fresh Starts But… Clogged by the locks Maybe: the Mouse Can unchain the door Or dwell out, Doodles on the floor: “Na-na, nana, Na You’re Always ever so Grey I’m munching A Bananna Watch you Melt Away” & The Mice Dash to Where they Secrete Now, They ponder twice Of a Rat’s Might