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Twenty dollar hammock
Sits Empty
Whiskers twitch
Inside a tissue box
A tail disappears
beneath the refrigerator door
A rat cage stands empty
Itching welts form
on a once smooth neck
Rat claws are tiny daggers
Shredded remains
scattered on the floor
The rat pile sleeps
Nails click
then fall silent
Computer screen goes blank
Another chewed cord