OctPoWriMo #23: Fur Babies

If you had a mouse
Living in your house,
Would you set a trap?
Snap!

If a bat settled in your eaves,
Would you pull down your sleeves,
think of vampires?
Hot wires!

If a furry baby cat,
Brought you the dead body of a rat,
Would you feed him a treat?
Sweet!

If you found a deer,
Drinking all your beer,
Would you hesitate?
Desolate?

If a lion set up residence,
Would you commence
to worry?
Sorry!

Lion sleeping in a tree (Tasmania, 2012)

Today's prompt led me somewhere quite unexpected. Too much work to do and not enough time for poetry. So, inspired by the mice trying to find a warm place for winter in our house (and my debate over whether to set a 'real' trap), I found this poem.

Tomorrow's prompt: Breathing.

You can visit OctPoWriMo at http://www.octpowrimo.com/ to read what others have written. Thank you, Morgan Dragonwillow, Michelle Vecchitto, Esther Jones, and Maria L. Berg for hosting this month-long poetry challenge.