AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Lalita Vasu, iDavid Clure, iElla Rydzewski, iMargaret Mullings, iJudith Bailey, iM. R. Mathias, iCynth'ya Reed, iJohn Burns, iRobin Ouzman Hislop, iRaven West, i

  Home > Action/Thriller > Stories
Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

onyedikachi v okolo

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Stories
· 13 Titles
· 3 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: May, 2008

onyedikachi v okolo, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.


The Mouse Trap
by onyedikachi v okolo
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Not rated by the Author.

       
Recent stories by onyedikachi v okolo
· Mountain Story
· Two frogs
· Trees That Wood
· The Wooden Bowl
· Sand and Stone
· Mothers day
· A Box Full of Kisses
           >> View all 13


     So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

sometimes at night
i watch the mice cross the kitchen floor
i used to think they came from the fireplace
but they come in under the pantry door
i get so close i can touch them all
on the nights i wait up for your call

 

the landlord asks if we’ve seen ‘em
she’ll set traps, but i just spring ‘em
my roommates say we should kill them all
but they’ll stay up with me
the nights you never call
on those nights you never call

 

 

 

2. “Tonight Was A Disaster”- I don’t believe he was talking about rowdy stadium crowds or busty, tan stalkers by any stretch of the imagination here. I have to believe that in the mind of a decidedly failed film major that all characters and situations are based on himself or humans that he admired but saw sickeningly flawed and base human characteristics that always got in the way of personal progress and happiness. This guy knows his demographic: dance parties, permiscuous sad people, and sweaters… I think they call them hipsters with bad internet connections and regional confinement to some weird place like Philadelphia… Yeah I said it: brotherly love is kind of homosexual in a Jesus styled execution of overt kindness

Want to review or comment on this short story?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?



Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Awkward Homecoming (Returning Home Series # 1) by Trennis Killian

Boom! Pain! Blackness! After an RPG attack on their barracks in Afghanistan, corpsmen, Amber Fox and Luke Owens wake up in an Army hospital in Germany. Thus, begins a four-month recovery for both of them. Amber lost her left leg bel  
Member BookAds

The Long and Little Doggie by Pamela Ackerson

Let your children enjoy the wonders and adventures of pets that join a family, bringing joy and heartwarming moments to their everyday lives. This story is about Tubby and Riley, two dogs who needed a good, loving home.  
Member BookAds

Angels on my Wings by Roger Vizi

Action-packed adventure that will keep you turning the pages. When an explosion on board Transcon's flight Three-Seven disables their flight control systems, it's up to a group of "Angels" to save the passengers and crew from crashing into  
Member BookAds