MY MOUSE CUSHION
I have a cushion that looks just like a cute mouse,
Given to me by a friend to just sit around the house,
He can look quite real or flattened, be splayed out,
He causes some laughter and many a happy shout.
Just of late the mouse has had quite a different roll,
Since being sick and breathing gets out of control,
At night I need more pillows to raise up my head,
So he is not a cushion but a soft grey pillow instead.
He is the right thickness, his head fits under my chin,
But I had to be rather cruel some sweet sleep to win.
I had to cut off his whiskers because they tickled me,
But he makes breathing easier and I sleep better you see.
I don’t know who else sleeps with a whiskerless mouse,
But since my sickness he has been a blessing to this house,
There he sits on the bed waiting for the dark night and be
A wonderful lifesaver when almost sitting I have to be.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson 7 January 2005