A Horrid , Horrid Rat

• Elin Kochar, Grade 4
• Poetry
• 2022

I found a rat in my house,
It definitely was not a mouse,
I decided to hit it with a bat,
But it wasn’t fat like Pat.
He hid inside a hole in the wall,
Seeing him there made my skin crawl,
His sly actions allow him to peek,
I thought he was Dominique.
That night I really could not sleep,
All I heard were tiny creaks,
I need to remove that horrid rat,
Before I go mad and use that cricket bat!
I never ever saw him as vermin,
But I never thought he was Irvin,
My house was very rich in cracks,
This time renovators, not acrobats.