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Ode to the Smyrna Motlow Mouse
Erika Eza
The Mouse:
Whiskers 'a' twitter, ears I twitch, I laugh as you run and pitch a bitch.
You try to catch me as I scurry; I'm about to disappear, better hurry!
Standing, poised with a trash can,
You'd have better luck with a frying pan.
Glue traps laid, you think you've won;
Well, just wait, this is only round one.
The Office:
Beady eyes, germs you scatter,
When we see you, so much clatter.
We watch you run, it makes us hot,
We fear you'll bite and we'll take a shot.
Round one, round two, round three and four,
We got your ass running across the floor.
You thought you could outsmart us all,
But you lost, we watched you fall.
My Prayer
Ashley Austin
Show me the way to happiness and truth
And build me a bridge to serenity
Without broken boards or wrapped seams
Give me the strength to walk the bridge
And hold me up when my strength is gone
Do not let me fail in my journey
For I am weak and you are strong
Daughter
Ashley Austin
I picked her up and placed her into the world
I gave her some wisdom and I gave her strength
But my wisdom was not enough and her strength was weakened
by you
That is when I realized
I had not prepared her for what you would put her through
Erika Eza
The Mouse:
Whiskers 'a' twitter, ears I twitch, I laugh as you run and pitch a bitch.
You try to catch me as I scurry; I'm about to disappear, better hurry!
Standing, poised with a trash can,
You'd have better luck with a frying pan.
Glue traps laid, you think you've won;
Well, just wait, this is only round one.
The Office:
Beady eyes, germs you scatter,
When we see you, so much clatter.
We watch you run, it makes us hot,
We fear you'll bite and we'll take a shot.
Round one, round two, round three and four,
We got your ass running across the floor.
You thought you could outsmart us all,
But you lost, we watched you fall.
My Prayer
Ashley Austin
Show me the way to happiness and truth
And build me a bridge to serenity
Without broken boards or wrapped seams
Give me the strength to walk the bridge
And hold me up when my strength is gone
Do not let me fail in my journey
For I am weak and you are strong
Daughter
Ashley Austin
I picked her up and placed her into the world
I gave her some wisdom and I gave her strength
But my wisdom was not enough and her strength was weakened
by you
That is when I realized
I had not prepared her for what you would put her through