Friday, December 28, 2007

Poem to a Dead Mouse

This morning you woke up in love,

scurried about the byways and corridors of your world

until you came upon the mousetrap

that closed on your head still quivering with the scent of bait.

You died in flight

as the trap sprang up and over

now your back legs lie askew

your front paw reaching for your crushed spine.

I found you there, grotesque, and wondered

where else you might have gone today

who else you might have loved

and if I would have been careful enough to avoid your fate.

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