Visiting a friend’s house
I suddenly
face to face
with a mouse
coming out of
the wainscoting
just like a cartoon.
“Oh, that’s...Jerry! ”
says Tom.
“I cut the hole
for him
so that he could have
a real mouse hole
You know
like you see in cartoons! ”
“You’re a real
Looney Tunes! ”
I tell her
for Tom is Tomasina