Mouse Balls

Mouse Balls
Quizmo LaGrande

Creepy little suckers
everywhere I look
dust and dirt accumulate
on every cran and nook.

Hairy little critters
dashing round the pad,
making youngsters happy,
making this one sad.

At least a dozen daily
I capture in the muck;
I roll and pick and pluck them
and clean out all the gunk.

What kind of job is this, my friend,
what kind of living pride?
Caring for and cleaning
little mouse balls… you decide?

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Such is life in an elementary school computer lab!