Cat and Mouse

A feline tries on a gray mouse’s skin

And is trapped beneath a way-too-tight stretch

Like a boxer fights, true cats won’t give in

But the mouse’s skin makes her heave and wretch

So the cat disrobes from the gray mouse fur

Slips into mouse whiskers, two ears, a nose

Sees Tomcat and thinks he’s there to chase her

But a tuna fish can has his male mind closed

So Tigress takes off each little disguise

And Tomcat becomes her pretty gazelle

He’s fearful and runs from his sure demise

And in the ending it’s Tigress who’ll fail

See, life is a game of the cat and the mouse

Especially when species want to play house.

Written 3/16/2011