Rat

 

• Rat

 

Silent hide amidst plastics

and food particles,  your bits and bites

and parcels of valuables,

you are reigning king for the day;

 

 until a repulsive smell or chance look,

 sound of utensils, tumbling

  from corner to corner,

 catch the note of wary eyes

 

 of  the mistress  of the house

chasing, holding her breath,

rat equally agile in slipping

and climbing atop the cupboard,

 

by the time you search

for a stick long or small

 a mystery shrouds in and around

whereabouts of the nuisance;

 

preventive rat nets or barbed wire

your immediate search for  the

avoidance of these  pets, your comfort

or necessity for your home.