fat mice

the mice are into
the grain.
your grain.
the oats you keep
in the upper
bin, the one minute
quick cook
quaker oats
that pulled you through
the long winter.
they are quiet
and kind mice.
taking only what
they need.
which is everything
apparently.
how fat they must be,
almost unable,
once it's all gone,
to find the hole
and leave.