HOUSE MOUSE (On a print by Sylvia Spencer Petrie ) Front view--Side view--Snap! Mouse, you are in our trap. The bodily mouse let go fields back, dark woods ago, you hang here on our wall the house mouse spiritual. Yet still these funnel ears hear all that silence hears, these round, moon-fashioned eyes reflect each fear that flies, and with a reckless flourish, an existential courage two tails of ink with flippant curve proclaim: "House Mouse--That is my name!"
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