Mouse

what flows, goes over or around

The garage side door had a gap you’d have to kneel to see or be a deer mouse hunting. Across the breezeway to waypoints in the furnace room and a warm-spot over the dishwasher, baring wires.

Despite the sonic blaster guarantee, field mice left defiant droppings in the garage and in our pantry. After they made it to the counter top, the exterminator was here to talk of how mice flow with the season.

They ate his cobs of desiccant, hidden in black boxes behind bushes and along the downspout spillway. When the breezeway went quiet, I sealed the door gap with foam so the flow runs around our rock.

About Me

Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.

“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”