@NWBison@mastodon.socialRobert Burns: To a Mouse
(point of view of a profound worry wart)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43816/to-a-mouse-56d222ab36e33
The Poetry FoundationTo a MouseI wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An’ fellow-mortal! Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste, An’ weary Winter…