Holey Night

Twas the night before Christmas, I’d just caught a mouse The cats licked their lips, we’ve got two in our house But unless we humans are feasting on jerky I’ve got to go outside and get me a Turkey I got to the door and grabbed my wooly hat My other half said, “Where you going in that?” She told me that I’m going nowhere at all Until I have fixed the big hole in the wall “Hole?” I enquired, “what hole might that be?” My wife wore a frown and she snarled back at me, “The bloody great chasm as high as my knee, That wall had two windows but now it has three.” I told her, “That’s your fault, you said we’ve got vermin, But what type it was took a while to determine, I set traps for mice but I never got one, But I won’t be beat, that's when I thought… SHOTGUN!” 24 November 2022 Contest: The Night Before 3 Sponsor: Joseph May