i hired my friend's cat

to be my fill-in mouser;

he was called   Mouser .

i warned him

that i could get shot of him

in line with market forces.

he thought  hire ! and ! fire!

was a toilet command;

he wasn't very bright.

i arranged to feed  Mouser

whilst in my employ.

he'd shop and buy food.

Mouser didn't catch any mice

but cut down 

on the grocery bill,

finishing off the tins 

I couldn't manage, 

he became very fat,

fat as a full bouncy castle;

deflating him

was always painful.



one day he return
from a secret shopping spree
with goods unpaid for.

to please me
he's stolen some cans of   Rat!splatt,
a new rodent poison.

thoughtful of you, Mouser      I say
butt
they put you in the can for that.
Mouser look hard at The Rat!splatt
so hard at  the Rat!splatt
and turn green.



the  mice  meanwhile,
devastated
by my desire to expunge them all,
produced a plethora
of underground pomes / po-ems
scrawled along (their) tunnels
inter-railed; in time hailed
as  The Nude Wave
cuz of its   naked  (e)motion

nakedmotionnakedmotion
nakedmotion
naked e - motion

And because the mice
did not wear any clothes
except for  their   berets
as they call themselves    Le  Mickey  (?uh  )
     or
Ze Friends'  Resitance   /   Resistance
One of these po-ems
has become their famous anthem :
  We Don't  Want No   ! / !  We  Don't  Want  No
                                                   Death(t)rap

OH YOUV TURN AGAINST THE MOUSE WIV YOR CAN OF RATSPLAT
YEAH YOUV TUEN THIS LUVVLY HOUSE INTO A GIANT MOUSETRAP
WHY?DONT YOU SHUT YOR MOUTH WIV YOR CAN OF RATSPLATT
AND GIVE MOUSE BACK ITS HOUSE
WE DONT WANT ! NO DEATH(T)RAP 

Mickey Pop :  !We dont want no Deatht(r)ap
from the album  !People try to put us down
                                     PeteTownmouse  /  PaulWellingtonssaidmrsdoormouse
                                             Yawannjammonnit Productions  2016

       WE DONT WANT ! NO DEATH(T)RAP        ( ad infinitum  )



Despite being pilloried by a poisonous press
and petrified by a precious poison,
the mice have flourished,
shooting up the growth charts
sooner than the pop charts.
Often, they can be seen in large, smelly overcoats,
sitting with Mouser at the kitchen table
eating free soup and briead
and singing songs
about life
and death.

Squeekbox:

Mouser's got a squeekbox he wear on his chest
cos when Daddy get home he wanna lay us to rest
and we're playin' all nite
and the musiks all rite
((yeah) Mouser's got a squeekbox  Daddy neva sleep at nite

Mickey Pop :  Squeekbox
from the album  !People try to put us down
PeteTownmouse  /  PaulWellingtonssaidmrsdoormouse
Yawannjammonnit Productions 2016

Thank you.