The rat under my bed
The rat under my bed
to me it said
“well, hello there ma’am
i’ve been meaning to talk to you”
“to talk to you about something
thats been quite upsetting”
“Oh, hello back” I said
“What’s been so distressing?”
“the sky” it said
“the what?” me said
“the sky” it repeated
“the sky?!” me repeated
“You see, the sky in the night
it shakes and it talks
it shivers and it quivers
and worst of all it snores”
“snores?!”
“yes, snores…”
“and talks?”
“yes, talks…and the funniest thing is
it sounds exactly like you”
so said the rat under my bed
to me it said
“well, hello there ma’am
i’ve been meaning to talk to you”
“to talk to you about something
thats been quite upsetting”
and then was when I knew
what exactly had been so distressing.
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