Sir Humphrey
My milk: a lap of honour.
My fur: its ermine grace.
Life: I've bought it. I'm a goner.
I'm in Another Place.
A mouse: I brought my jaws up.
My purr: what subtle chords.
Paid my dues; I lie here, paws up.
I'm in The House Of Lords.
My job: to find my Captain
The rats beneath, in steerage.
Reward: this velvet cloak I'm wrapped in.
They've given me a peerage.
And now my whiskers shrivel,
And now my eyes are clouds.
My chips: cashed. Time to go, to drivel
With the Upper Chamber crowds.
