Rocky The Rat By Mike Watts

When I was ten I was given a rat A pet shop reject As big as a cat That shared the shed With my brothers rabbit And given the chance It would of 'ad it. With winkle-scab eyes And tar-black coat You cupped your balls And held your throat Its Kruger-claws could slice through denim and its machete teeth blades of venom.

It used to prowl The outside bog And stood its ground With next doors' dog Crouching in corners Covered in fleas Pissing its pools Of Weil's disease. I named him Rocky 'Cos it fit As hard as nails Thick as shit I worshipped that rat 'Til it raped the rabbit Then my dad said I couldn't have it,

I cried buckets But to no avail Rocky had hammered His final nail And as Bugsy trembled In sawdust and spunk Rocky was traded - For Ker- Plunk.

Copyright Mike Watts 2007

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