sunday sonnet
mouse
She thought that I was nothing but a house
wife and a frump; thought she could take my man
from me and I’d stay silent as a mouse.
That I’d fight back was never in her plan;
and yet how could I not when all I knew
was heading West with Laura and her hair
of yellow and her sparkling eyes of blue,
her scarlet nails and fashion savoir faire.
But then she learned: You cannot run in heels,
as I slid up the gear lever to “Drive.”
It took me hours to scrape her off the wheels.
Laura’s no more; this mouse is still alive.
She lies beneath the sod, and moulders now;
But then, she always was a rotten cow.