Fantastic!
This is really a poem with a moral I like. As it was a pleasant and enjoyable read all the way.
I liked the poem, the taletelling, the word imagery, the word visuals, the moral, the message, the free flow of thoughts, the rhythms of thoughts, the rhymes, the metaphoric use in the story, the realistic story with a good message of living and fine lesson for teaching human beings.
Title of the poem is significant, clear, complete and appropriate.
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"Once upon a time, there lived a..mouse/who spent his days searching a particular house.."
Once upon a time, there lived a mouse that spent his days searching a particular house.
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Once upon a time, there lived a finicky mouse,
Who spent his days searching a particular house,
For a worthwhile sign of some delectable cheese,
But he could never find this delicious food with ease.
(Once upon a time, there lived a finicky mouse
that spent his days searching a particular house
for a worthwhile sign of some delectable cheese
but, he could never find this delicious food with ease.)
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At last, he grew tired of his improbable plan
Of searching the house with a simple scan;
Into cupboards and drawers, he decided to dig
In search of the food, or something else big.
(At last, he grew tired of his improbable plan
of searching the house with a simple scan
into cupboards and drawers, he decided to dig
in search of the food, or something else big.)
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But hard as he tried, he still found no cheese,
Nor a food scrap or morsel, try as he please!
This house without food made so little sense –
Why would a mouse pay such an expense?
(But, hard as he tried, he still found no cheese
nor a food scrap or morsel, try as he please.
This house without food made so little sense.
Why would a mouse pay such an expense?)
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So the finicky mouse had to look elsewhere –
There clearly wasn’t any delicious food there.
He left that strange abode with nothing to eat
And searched for food in the middle of the street…
(So, the finicky mouse had to look elsewhere.
There clearly was not any delicious food there.
He left that strange abode with nothing to eat
and searched for food in the middle of the street.)
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Then a few blocks away, he found a garbage can,
And in it he found every scrap known to man.
But the cheese he found there was smelly and old;
From not being eaten, it had developed mold.
(Then, a few blocks away, he found a garbage can
and in it he found every scrap known to man.
But, the cheese he found there was smelly and old
from not being eaten, it had developed mold.)
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A creature such as this can scavenge from people;
A mouse can live comfortably, plainly and simple.
But sometimes, the humans know there’s a mouse
And lock away the food that’s inside their house!
(A creature such as this can scavenge from people.
A mouse can live comfortably, plainly and simple.
But, sometimes the humans know there is a mouse
and lock away the food that is inside their house.)
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That finicky mouse will likely not fail,
But the dignity of people must also prevail!
The moral of this story is prevention’s a must;
Those who are clueless will boom, and then bust…
(That finicky mouse will likely not fail.
But, the dignity of people must also prevail.
The moral of this story is prevention is a must.
Those who are clueless will boom, and then bust.)
Please check, I think it is necessary to help you, I have humbly offered some suggestions and changed some words and corrected some lines and sentences of the poem grammatically; you are free to accept or reject any of the suggestions as edits in the brackets as above for smoother, expressive and more pleasant read of your poem.
I feel good in writing this review of your poem which was created in February, 2009 and I am proud that my review is the first one of your poem in about more than a decade after its creation and posting.
Well done overall; thank you for sharing this poem with us.
Keep Writing! Write Anything That May Be Readable For Years! My Review Number 1223/T-15102019
by Guru Valmiki Aristotle Scriber 
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