Rats

sorenbarrett

In my office the call came in

The hysterical voice was my better half

"Get your ass home, visiting is your kin,

a rat's in the closet, don't you dare laugh"

 

At home the cat sat on the floor,

peering up into the wardrobe

Got a bat, opened the door

hanging clothes began to probe

 

Shaking each vesture, almost done

suddenly out jumped the rat

Looking for cover in circles it did run

clatter of claws, retreated yellow bellied cat

 

In my house I wear no shoes

This rodent, too close for my stick

a bare foot stomp was not good news

so escaped my kin, being too quick

 

Up the cuff of my pant ran the varmint

wife, busting a gut, said, as I began to dance,

shedding the rodent filled garment

"even our wedding night you were slower removing your pants"

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Comments5

  • Doggerel Dave

    ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸคฃThat's wot I calls a great story, Soren. I can relate to that full on without, thankfully having had the experience. The domestic/relational dynamic is good value unto itself.

    • sorenbarrett

      Thanks Dave appreciate the read and comment. Yea the cat laughed to its last days.

    • orchidee

      Yes, I remember our wedding night -KP slept in the cat basket, and the cat slept on the bed! lol.

      • sorenbarrett

        A catastrophe or was the cat satisfied? lol Thanks for the read Orchi.

      • GenXer Shamrocker โ˜˜๏ธ

        lol ๐Ÿ˜‚

        • sorenbarrett

          Thanks so much for the read

        • Teddy.15

          lol oh this imagery, it's a bit like this in my house! Not the rodent but the comedy ๐Ÿคฃ Fabulous. ๐ŸŒน

          • sorenbarrett

            Thanks Teddy life is stranger than fiction. Appreciate the read and comment friend.

          • Goldfinch60

            Good fun write soren.

            Andy

            • sorenbarrett

              Thanks Gold appreciate the read and comment.



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