{"id":1459,"date":"2015-02-10T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2015-02-10T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:43:38","slug":"unseen-flatmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/unseen-flatmate\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseen Flatmate"},"content":{"rendered":"

A verse on a mouse, in the tradition of Burns…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He comes and goes – or is it she
\nWho shares this flat I live in with me,
\nThey come and go, footsteps I hear
\nYet never see when they appear…<\/p>\n

It is no ghost with whom I live
\nTo whom a home I unknowingly give,
\nThat never answers the hello that I greet
\nTo the sound of their scurrying feet.<\/p>\n

When all is dark, and quiet and still
\nAnd of the night Ive had my fill
\nWhen I hear the mouse there as I’m in my home…
\nI know in a way, I’m never alone!<\/p>\n

\"Invisable<\/a>
Invisable Flatmate – The House Mouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A verse on a mouse, in the tradition of Burns… He comes and goes – or is it she Who shares this flat I live in with me, They come and go, footsteps I hear Yet never see when they appear… It is no ghost with whom I live To …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1669,65,1087,1668],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-house-mouse","tag-life-2","tag-mouse","tag-poems-on-mice","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-nx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":878,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-silent-diner\/","url_meta":{"origin":1459,"position":0},"title":"The Silent Diner","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th October 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The mouse from his mouse hole peeped Cautiously to see If there danger lurked about As in a cat who\u2019d eat a mouse like he. 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