Death Mouse Poems

	I
Friend, whatever brought your life to end
had no appetite for mouse flesh, nudged your
small gray body on its side with a thorough sniff
and left your...

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Amidst summer’s day
Post middle school finale
In the concrete valley
A vanguard viking lay

We gathered as a ragtag crew
Peeled his corpse off the floor
Carrying him, despite the...

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Grimm's Fairy Tale:
Cat and Mouse in Partnership

Summary: 

A cat befriends a mouse and is so persuasive about her fondness for the smaller animal that the...

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I walked into my closet last week
dressed in naught but socks and underwear
I bent over to pick up my boots
surprise-- a furry creature was there

So...

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While the family was gone to Mama's funeral Pixie Mouse began to sweep.
She wanted it to be tidy when they returned; and she barely made...

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See the owl in swift silent flight,
Surfing the darkness of the night,
In control of its black domain,
Its prey killed quick, no time for pain.

Don’t be...

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the mouse is eaten
stickily devoured
venus fly trap death

should I be guilty?
my trap but also my house
I hear it screaming...

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A mouse you say
As if to denigrate my worth
make of me something small.
Knowing nothing of my heart,
my will, my daring, my courage.
You see me as...

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Mice scurry in senseless circles 
Inside the yawning feed trough
Where they’ve entered, finding
They’re trapped without a exit

They hurry, making haste in fussing
Noiseless and anxiously contemplating
Their...

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The Mouse

I am small and I do not matter. 
Only to those that care, 
if I live and breathe, 
but that is okay...
as they are...

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The Cat or the Mouse

Oh no…
Where’s the …? 
The kids are here, 
unexpectedly. 

Why don’t they call?
Give us a little warning. 
We can not party...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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