Central Park Companions

Met some friends in Central Park, A meeting overdue. How wonderful to see them And catch up on all that’s new! We strolled around the reservoir Then found a place to sit – A shady bench with bushes, Fore and aft, for just a bit. As we conversed, a little mouse Did scurry from the brush To underneath our bench in quite A mouse-like frenzied rush. My friends were quite blasé. One said, “Just raise your feet a bit.” The other said, “It’s just a chipmunk.” (She was full of ****.) That mouse (or else its cousins) Scampered back and forth all day, At least for the entire time Of our reunion stay. Still, I must thank my lucky stars We got to meet and that The mouse that we encountered Wasn’t actually a rat!