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Mice

Corey Cook

muffled scampering

and gnawing behind

ornate wallpaper

a threat to those of

us bouncing between

post and beam borders

they might taint our food

our plastic-coated

loaves of whole wheat bread

they might drop dirty

bombs on our pristine
kitchen countertops

they might deprive us

of something that is

ours-absolute ease

so dispatch the troops

send in the agile

to pounce and then claw

set and bait the traps

the SNAP may strangle

or perhaps mangle

a fellow mammal-

the deer-brought down our

tallest sunflower

the prodding muzzle

and quivering lips

weakened the thick stem

the brown faced flower

with a yellow mane

toppled to packed soil

black ants scurried down

the severed stem while

some plunged to the ground

deer escaped under

the drab dunes of Fall’s

swirling foliage

he is elusive

so we feel we must

create a scapegoat

now a soiled finger

points accusingly

at supposed threat

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