Owls and Orchids

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Dearest, Are you there?

I heard a mouse squeak under the stairs

Not to worry, Honey

That’s just the window sticking in its track

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Dearest, Are you there?

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There’s something squealing now over there

It’s alright, Honey

The branches scraping on the Jacaranda

Just touching the door on the verandah

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Sweetheart, Are you there?

I’m sure I heard some screaming down there

Dearest, It’s alright

There’s really nothing to worry about

~

Sweetheart, Please tell me what’s going on

I’m sure there is something there

Now I can hear a sobbing in the air

Yes Darling, I’m sure you’re right

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I hit my finger in the dark –

As I chased that mouse under the stairs

Then I chased it through the squealing door –

Which hit my dodgy knee when I tripped on the floor

But I didn’t start to sob –

Until I caught my finger in the closing door

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Which I couldn’t see –

Because the bulb had blown

In the torch I was holding as it fell and broke

As I was trying to catch that danged squealing door

To stop it from closing

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Dearest, Are you saying the mouse got away?

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It’s always best to look on the brighter side of life.  Poem inspired by my wonderful Mum. Final image inspired from a riotous film called….”Mousehunt”.

Find a chuckle in your day, keep the blues away.

Happy weekend.

Ciao, Susan x

© Susan Jamieson 2013