Celebration of Poetry | Revenge of the Mouse, Return of the Cat

Featuring a finalist in the One Book One Community Student Poetry Contest. Revenge of the Mouse, Return of the Cat is co-authored by Maddie Lambert and Sneha Uppuluri 7th grade students at Ingomar Middle School.

Revenge of the Mouse

Return of the Cat

Come here, Mousey Mousey,

Hurry to my waiting mouth

Delectable, tasty, mmmm...

Wait. No!

I don't enjoy being eaten!

Run, run, run,

Away from the tricky cat!

Chasing a mouse

Being chased by the cat

Is a real... / Is a real ...

Hassle

A pleasure

Now to set up the trick / Now to set up the trick

Trap the cat

Before he eats me

Eat the mouse

Before he runs

Away! / Away!

Foul cat, always chasing me

Never worries about the mouse

Arrogant and selfish, that stupid cat

Oh. / Oh.

I've got it! / I've got it!

And unfaultable plan! / An unfaultable plan!

It's foolproof!

It's absolutely perfect

To set the trap for the... / To set the trap for the...

Cat! / Mouse!

The mischevious mammal

The little, ignorant critter,

Unaware of the misfortune

About to fall upon him.

Ha! Time for a mousey delight.

This time, I'll show that cat

Size does not dictate sucess

Once again, I'll teach a mouse

A lesson he'll never forget, or die learning.

This time

Once again,

I'll be the victor! / I'll be the victor!