PWP WRITERS ALLEY : "JERRY" BY EWEN NICOL OF ANN ARBOR.

Jerry

To a mouse,

Yao little louse,

Makin mischief in ma house,

Purloinin food,

Doing no good. 

Whaurs' ma cat?

Slovenly beast, 

Sleepin deep upon thy breast,

Whaurs yer instinct?

Quit yer feast.

Perk yer ears fur scritchy scratching, 

Quit yer sunbathin relaxin,

Move yer haunches,

Jigglin paunches,

Earn yer keep, it's no too steep. 

Tam and Jerry, no in ma hoose,

Jerry walks about loose,

Tam too fat to mak a noose,

Ya pair of hipsters running a ruse. 

The mouse in my attic runs loose, raiding my cupboards, while my 2 fat cats sleep on the bed. A tribute and contrast to a poem originally written by Robert Burns circa 1785. How our lives have changed from agricultural to modern living, with childhood memories of Tom and Jerry cartoons. 

Ewen Nicol of Ann Arbor.