Keith O.J. Hunt Poet Rhyme

While Cleaning the House

One day while cleaning the house

   I happened upon a mouse;

   unafraid and perfectly glad,

   this mouse stood his ground

   long ago, one day;

Little field-general he was,

   the last of his kind

   one could say

Then on his hands he rose,

   pointy-eared and whiskered nose

   a salute of courage he bore,

   then scampered he did behind 

   a bookcase he go,

   too sly for cats,

(and a startled poet cleaning his home!)

Long ago, one day

   I happened upon a mouse

   while cleaning the house,

(roving the dappled rooms as he may!)



** A true childhood story!**

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Charmaine Chircop March 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM Ow gee...I can say mouse is cute only in walt disney characters.If I see a mouse ..It would be the one startled and I would be very scared : )..Enjoyed your childhood story.. :)