I watched the fat gray mouse
call the orange cat a bigot.
I watched the fat gray mouse
explain his intrinsic right
to speak his tiny little mind.
I watched the gray fat mouse
educate the orange cat
on the vast numbers of fat gray mice
ready to join him
in condemning the violence
of the overbearing infidel.
I watched the mouse
instruct the cat in the proper worship
of Dog the protector.
I heard the cat say only,
“are you through?”
When the mouse said yes,
I watched
The orange cat chase him
down and eat him slowly
then carefully arrange
the tiny entrails
into the shape of his own flag.