What do angry mice send at Christmas?
Cross mouse cards,
according to the Christmas cracker joke.
And while the little strip of paper
makes no one around the table laugh
it also doesn’t get across the importance
of those frustrated mice reaching out
to family and friends during times of conflict,
making the effort to tease a future of resolution,
reminding them of softer, fluffier times,
and how tricky it must’ve been to do all that
with such little paws.

Carl Burkitt 2023