Ode To My Gerbil

I’m scum, I know, I am an ass I knew through cardboard you could pass You chewed and chewed a great big hole, I wish I knew you had a soul You ran and laughed, but what you saw It stomped you flat, it was a paw That cat, he smirked and ate you raw He stuffed you in his great big maw My dear sweet babe, I won’t forget, Your tiny life and what you met The fault is mine, and I must pay, Though when and how, I cannot say The day will come, my life’s all done, Until that time I’ll have no fun