“The Mice” / Memorable Fancies #3419

[“One day the mice became suspicious.” – John Ashbery]

       That larger mammal, the Great One who promised to lead us to endless cheese: many of us have followed him to glory, never returning to us as they had promised. –

       The heaven of cheese must be powerful indeed to have kept them there so long.

       We are now convinced of the greatness of the cat’s promise.

       She beckons again…