Snow Melt

Eulogy for a Dead Mouse

19 Mashiyyat 164 B.E. - Sunday, October 14, 2007 about 11:39 PM PDT

Oh, what a brave little mouse she was
moving tirelessly from icon to icon
opening programs,
saving documents,
making navigation from web site to web site easy and swift.

Now she sit beside my keyboard
her little black body glistening in the monitors light
with her tail still connected to a computer port,
but unable to communicate my wishes and desires.

What a brave and obedient little creature she was
only a few days ago
now she sit useless,
helplessly waiting for me to disconnect her,
to replace her with another of her kind.

Oh, what shall I do with her little plastic body,
bury it in the backyard
or put it out with the recyclables
for Saturday's pick-up.