Uninvited Guests

Last year, around this time
we had many uninvited guests
the mice were living
in our basement ceiling
it was very noisy
we had one adult cat
and one kitten
Blue the adult cat
caught his fair share
I killed my fair share
with a shoe
the traps caught their fair share
but the traps didn't always finish the job
that was left to me
not a job I signed up for
We found the problem
fixed the problem
and we had no more mice
UNTIL
last week
I heard the all to
familiar sound
we now have three cats
they all heard the mice too
Blue,

Tonka,

Little Lily girl

I waited with anticipation
to see which one
would make the first move
here is their stealthy response

Blue

Tonka

Little Lily girl

I held out hope
maybe just maybe
they were tricking me
it doesn't seem so

Blue

Tonka

Little Lily girl

HUH
it would seem
they have been living
the good life
a little too long

Time to get out
the traps
and keep a shoe close at hand