The Mouse, A Mouse

by Changming Yuan

if the little mouse became
as boundless as the sky as it wishes

the sky would become
as free as a cloud

the cloud
as powerful as a wind

and if the wind became
as unshakable as a wall

the wall would become as penetrating as a mouse

and the little mouse
a mouse

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