the mousetrap by Maria FrancescaHe is a tiny man
in a long muscular body
a little tyrant
suspiciously peering out at the world
past shadows cast
by his own intentions
a man of great capacity
for small cruelties.
She is a woman
who waits almost anxiously
for the voice of disapproval,
the fist of retribution
a mouse
in search of a cat
and as he watches her approach
he cannot help
but smack his lips. 01/03/2007 Posted on 01/04/2007 Copyright © 2025 Maria Francesca
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