Invasion of the Mice

Went to sleep early to prepare for a bright new day....

I was shocked to hear my cat scrambling towards my bed.
   But I didn't realize that as I turned on the light
She was rampantly chasing  a mouse through the hallway onto my bed!

I screamed as I flung my bedspread in the air to get rid of the mouse.
   But to my dismay,  as I put on my slippers, only a few inches away,
I awoke to see that a mouse was staring at me!  Two-thirty in the morning!

I just screamed and hurriedly grabbed a few tissues
  In my attempts to remove this hideous tormenting invasion.

It landed in the hallway right next to my oriental rug
  Only to be clawed by my hero Samii !

A thought came to mind:  "Oh, no! I forgot to remove that dead mouse
   That was on the sticky trap in my kitchen  drawer, that's way behind."
I took a peek but only to find not one, but two small mice!

"Oh, God! Three mice within twenty-four hours!
  How could I understand....under what circumstances?  Why me?

Hoping I could get back to sleep, I don't know how,
   How I managed to get up before my 5:30 alarm clock went off.

I woke up suddenly, shivered and shrieked,
   That I Could Have Slept Beside That Darn Mouse!

Copyright © Valerie Ann Thomas | Year Posted 2008

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