By: Shelby Brunson
Does the monster come to kill me
I shout and the hallway echos
Loud stomps echos
I am terrified
I try to make my way back home
The monster spots me
I am a mouse that scurrys
Across the floors I slide
Traps are put down
The smell is great but they hurt
I get to close
I can’t run away my feet are stuck
My family told me once you’re stuck
The monster eats you
I am sorry family but the tap snaps dark
The box is picked up slowly
Then the box is on the ground again
I see the light of the outside
I ran out and there I see
Does the monster want to kill me
The mice that got eaten
And the mice that got away
When I turn I see
The monster smiles back at me
It walks away only to return
Another mouse that got eaten
Jeffersonville High School, 2019