A Diamond Mouse

                                              

POETS UNITED

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2010/07/thursday-think-tank-prompt-6.html

 'Diamonds'

A DIAMOND MOUSE

For the girl who has everything, I present

A gift that she'll think heaven-sent!

It's something she's needed about the house!

Yes! It's a diamond-encrusted mouse!

Not the sort one keeps as a pet,

And costing a great deal more I suspect!

I thought of buying one for myself

When I saw one on the Cartier shelf.

But when I held it to give it a try

It scratched my hand and I gave a cry

'Take the ridiculous thing away!

I can afford it! I can pay!

But at home I have something more fantastic......

A well-worn mouse that's made of plastic.

It's black and boring, not slightly grand,

But it fits so well in the palm of my hand!

Keep your diamonds' I say 'That's flat!

(Anyway 'mouses' are a bit old hat!')

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QUID PRO QUO 

(An Acrostic)

Questions arise about this phrase!

Unless they’re answered I’m in a daze!

Is the meaning 'tit-for-tat'?

'Do this for me and I’ll do that?'

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Perhaps the Latin suits it better

Revealing the meaning in each letter.

Or do we use Latin just to be clever?

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Queries just go on for ever.

Useless to explain the reason

Out goes Latin till next season!

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