Of Mice and Mien – A poetic glance, perhaps askance

Of Mice and Mien – 

A poetic glance, perhaps askance  

 If your life story was a book, what would it be titled? What would its chapter titles be? 
(Imagination Prompt - Creativity Portal)

Of Mice and Mien

A hunk of cheese a mouse may catch,

Enticing him beyond his match.

Reward’s allure

May him assure

To meet the one who’ll him dispatch.

A gifted gamer, most intense

With interest in his own two cents

Might toss a chip,

Shoot from the hip,

To banish common sense from thence.

An easy mark with meek mien,

The jackpot seeker goes all-in.

He eyes the prize

With bleary eyes.

The trap is set in danger’s den.

Across the table, truth awaits

And watches folly, sans debates.

He holds his peace

With elbow grease,

The mouse to snare with fortune’s baits.

Occasionally, treasures rot –

Like rich rewards intense, hard-fought.

A jumping joint

May disappoint

And bring a fouler food for thought.

The cheese ferments and casts a scent.

The mousey man, alas, poor gent --

The die was cast

To flabbergast,

And he must yet come up with rent.

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem incorporates these blog prompts:

“disappoint” – One-Minute Writer

“food for thought” – 52 Poetry

“interest” – Theme Thursday

 “gifted,” “intense,” and “rot” – Three Word Wednesday

Book title poetry – FPR Poetry Prompts

Life Story Book – Creativity Portal

Image/s:

Public domain / vintage clipart

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