What a wonderful poem! I don't know anything about mice, but the poem
really says a lot. My friend had a mouse living in her apartment and
didn't want to harm it, so she started giving it fresh water everyday
instead, and eventually graduated to food as well. I worry that she
may be exposing her pets to rodent diseases by doing that. Do you know
about these concerns? I assume many people have turned wild mice into
pets like this.
--Anna

--- In AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@..., Katherine Medina
<hellowittykitty@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone.. :0)
>
> i just wanted to share this little poem written by my sister(whos
(34). weve had about 3 generations of tiny mice in my family and have
loved every one to pieces. right now theres only one survivor..all the
rest have passed on from old age or disease.
>
> hope you enjoy it.
>
>
> Mouse
>
> Small and unnoticed save for the briefest rustle of paper
> I scuttle and scurry to stay safe,
> always on the lookout for danger
> with swift little feet to bear me away.
>
> I am mouse.
>
> Look closer and you will see finely manicured nails,
> delicate hands (not paws!) for grasping and holding.
> A tiny mind pondering smaller, simpler thoughts
> looking out onto a world of giants with tiny, curious eyes
> and twitching whiskers
>
> I am not filthy.
> I groom with the utmost care, fur well cleaned
> Ears perked and alert
> The damaged world around me rubs off on my fur,
> poisons my home and mine
>
> I am not a pest, nor am I abhorrent.
> The Good Lord placed me in his garden before you.
> From time to time I may intrude into your world,
> Only consider, you intruded into my world first
>
> Do not feed me evil, do not entrap and starve me
> Do not be cruel to me as if I were dangerous.
> I feel as all living things feel. Pain, happiness, sorrow.
>
> Though unheard I weep, and cry out in pain and even sing
> No man hears me, I am too insignificant for man.
> My maker hears me. I am his creature
>
> Were our roles reversed, I a colossus and man as I am
> Why, I would be a huge, ponderous bulk!
> (A veritable mountain range from your point of view)
> Snarling and sneering with the sound of thunder
> chasing the "pest" from my home
>
> And yet
>
> I remain mouse.
> Small and fragile as my maker made me,
> humble and dignified in my humility,
> trying to live as all things do.
> Scurrying here and there for a crust,
> eking out a living in this world,
> mine and yours
>
> Mouse
>
>
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