Ratcatchers Lament
The guilt, the betrayal I felt, her body lying there as I knelt
I poisoned her, I poisoned her food and she took it and fed her brood
She had done nothing to me, she was doing what nature had taught her
I poisoned her and she poisoned her family, like lambs to the slaughter
And the sorrow and the regret cascaded through my soul
As I placed her down into the freshly dug hole
I first saw her as she scuttled from behind a rock to sniff some fallen bird bread
She was not very big for a Rat, I over reacted, now she is dead
Fleas, decease, came the cries from deep down in my soul
She looked so small and defenceless now as she lay in that hole
Too close to my home and it cost her dearly
Man playing judge and jury
I told myself, I could never do that again
I keep thinking, was she in pain
She was just a small female Rat and a mother
Lord I hope she did not suffer
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