Malcolm the Mouse


Malcolm, looking sad and slowly fading away. This morning’s replacement mouse




Malcolm the Mouse



Some sad news
Late last night
My mouse died

He’s not been well
This past month
His right side was fading away
And then his left side started failing too
“His lights were on
but nobody was home”

I rang my younger brother
“What should I do, mate?”
He said, “How old was he?”
“I think he was 13 years old”
“Oh well, his time was due,
you’ll have to put him down
and throw him in the bin”

“Ok, it’s been difficult
trying to use my computer
without Malcolm”

Luckily, this morning
After rummaging through the shed
I found another mouse
An old USB plug-in one







.


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Ivor StevenĀ Ā©Ā June 2025

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

41 thoughts on “Malcolm the Mouse”

    1. Mouses are like our doggies, we always out live them ā€¦ this one is not new and old fashioned, so a name like, Maverick or Matthew might be suitable šŸ­šŸ„°

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  7. Methinks Malcolm had a nice long life. Retirement is not a bad option at this point!

    So what’s the old plug-in called? And how come he is still around? šŸ˜‰

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  12. It’s, always never easy, to, say goodbye to these, old things we’ve used for a very, long, time, we became attached to how they feel, how they work, and, become, unable to, adjust to the, new, more updated version of things…but everything we love, all gets, taken from us, eventually.

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  13. Aw, poor Malcolm! Rest in peace, faithful friend. šŸ–± ā¤ļø
    Malcolm served you well, Ivor. Now when I read one of your older poems, I will think of Malcolm’s contribution. I’m so glad you have a photo of him. šŸ™‚
    Does your new-old mouse have a name yet?
    I love to name inanimate objects. šŸ™‚ And I often assign human characteristics, feelings, attitudes, etc., to them. Yes, I know I’m weird. But it’s fun! šŸ™‚
    (((HUGS))) ā¤ļøšŸ–± ā¤ļø

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    1. Lol … yes, ‘we’ are weird … because my new-old mouse is an old fashioned one, I’m going to name him, “Mario” … He’s a “rescue” mouse, out of dusty box in my shed, and I’m sure he’ll appreciate being back “on the job” šŸ­šŸ˜ŠšŸ˜

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  15. Poor old Mouse. I love the poem. I’ve had younger ones pack in before now. RIP Malcolm you’ve done your job well. Always good to have a spare even it is wired. My next stop is usually Amazon for an overnight delivery. šŸ™‚

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    1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and words, Sue ā€¦ I probably keep using this wired one (Mario) for a while ā€¦ Iā€™m saving all my spare money for my trip to Canada šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ in September šŸ˜šŸŒ

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