lesbians scream
it is a fact — well-known — that dead mice are shriek-worthy creatures that should be handled with the utmost care, especially when shaking them free from the predatory jaws of a teenage kitten only to fall on a foot, after splitting a lip reaching under the table for said kitten
mouse
Poem #168
fat brown mouse waits
looking at the wire and wood
sometimes there is cheese
that’s what he’s waiting for
when it finally gets placed
he rushes forward without a thought
only to feel his life squeezed out
by the tightening wire
his back is broken
and he wasn’t able to nibble