Mouse Chewed Through It (Follow-Up To 'Eclipse') Poem by Bryan Riley

Mouse chewed through
my Swiss-cheese mind
another tale there
to unwind
The gentle ticking
of my heart
and cold enough to
make a start
Running still,
for short of breath
Turn down to trace
untimely death

Spinning like a
cyclone, fall
and weak enough
to scrape and crawl
The worldly cause
A worthy pause
A moment's grace
before I fall

Ten years gone...
You're still the one.
Drunken stumbling
question to which
I have no answer

-whassamattah?

Cat got yer tongue