On last Christmas Eve, to a home with NO cat,
came an unwelcome visitor ……, a rat.
Jake was the wood rat's name.
From nearby woods he came.
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A rat named Jake and wearing a hat, how very civilized :) A nice slightly altered version of 'A Night Before Christmas' and I especially liked the last line.
i'm sending this to my PH friend Tom Billsborough; he just made a disparaging comment about my friend Santa. maybe this shall change Tom's attitude! ! ! I should hope so. THERE, at least there are NOW two (2) COMMENTS on this, my, poem! ! bri aka brian :)