Not Tom, Not Jerry

Not Tom, Not Jerry

The old grey siamese
chases the mouse that chomps on the cheese,
chaws with his gum, his teeth now long gone,
chews on its tail; the mouse thinks it's fun.

For the old grey tom's lost a whisker or ten
and the old grey mouse can't remember back when
this wasn't a game but a chase to the end.

Now each day's a new day
as their bones have grown old
as the cat moves in slo-mo
and the ratling's grown bold

and they chomp and they chase
and they play and they roll
and they chaw and they chew
while the cheese blues with mold.

© Kåre Enga 2008 [164.464] 2008-01-15