City Mouse (a work in progress)
During a nuclear explosion city mouse supposes that he will have to find refuge in the tight confines of the damp subway…
city mouse doesn’t like the idea that many passers by assume he is a rat…
city mouse gets unnerved when discussing taxes and his recent file for divorce…
city mouse thinks to himself, nightly, that he might be better off trampled by a deer. “Are deer even real?” he squeaks to himself, his eyes dry and staring at his apartment ceiling. Closing them against the calamity of his surroundings, city mouse rests…
a dreamless sleep.
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City mouse’s concerns are so real – “the calamity of his surroundings” – I am so glad he gets some rest.
Love this. It feels like a Russell Edson poem.
City mouse reminds me of many humans, me included!