Coach Roth - ###Mousetrap

The pieces are assembled,
the trap awaits...
the cage hangs precariously
above the Swiss cheese,
or is it Gouda?

It doesn't matter,
Jeffy thinks it's all funny
and he pays no attention
to the rules of the game.
He only wants the ball to roll,
and the swings to swing,
and the anvil to drop
and the cage to fall
trapping the mouse
which makes him giggle.

The Game of Life is too mature for him,
he's only four years old,
but Mousetrap is perfect...
just like his mom who's beauty lies
in her girlish smile and squeaky voice
who makes a better mouse than Minnie.

His mother has played the game of life,
but she has never surrendered to its rules.
She only knows that life goes on
and she is young...
as long as Jeffy is happy.

Coach Roth

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