I Would Like to Say a Few Words About the Mouse I Killed

In memoriam.CreativeNature R.Zwerver / shutterstock.comWhen I slid out the trap from beneath Jen's desk, I noticed that the cow'rin,' tim'rous beastie stuck to the glue was far less furry than the mice who nibble hunks of cheese in storybooks. It was patchy, bald at its joints and on its haunches. It looked like a grandpa recent from a rough sponge bath.In that moment I was at the crux of several conflicts of interest. My colleagues and I were interested in finishing our stories, cropping our im