A Mouse About Town

A MOUSE ABOUT TOWN

It has only been a few days

The flag half staff
flowers still fresh
the cemetery plot
bearing a name

Calhoun County still mourns
and a little mouse wanders

wondering what for

Snippets of cheese
she used to get
even though
she was not
a pet

She shuffles along
on tiny feet

tail on the ground

whiskers
twitching

a tear like a rain drop
falling to the ground
the little mouse alone
scampering about town

She reaches the plot
after hitching a ride

on Calhoun Country Transit
on the bumper, what a ride

Laying a piece of paper at the site
her tiny teeth holding it just right

She’d written a poem
with the tip of her tail

She will always remember
the lady so well

©Copyright September 5, 2008 by Danielle N. Calhoun

Author's Note

Author’s Note: Remembering Tina Rice