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In the closet

Tom Kandora 1955 (USA)

In the closet
In our house
Lives a cute
Small brown mouse
Big black eyes
Look at me
Not scared at all
Please feed me
And so I grab
Two or three seeds
Meant for birds
But the mouse pleads
No trap today
For brave Little mouse
In the closet
In our house

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Written on October 13, 2023

Submitted by TomKandora on October 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABcbdefeghihjbAB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 250
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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