A shaft of light

A beam that's warm

And safe and indigo

A beam that fills

A violet beam that

Fuses and cinches with

A beam that tints

The felt above your head

With indigo and violet

Spotlight redirected

Descending from a rope made of mouse hair

Tied to a beam of all the dark rafters

To steal a costume from the lead actor

His power wrapped up in that velcro

Brown wig, plastic gun, mouse ears, and

Fake blood

It's so deep that is almost

Violet, I feel so

Nervous, mouse tail tucked under my

Little three foot body

I'm lost in a shopping mall

I'm lost in a supermarkеt

I'm trapped in a hot, hot car

And fossilized in a pit of tar

Under ornamеntal awnings

Thank you everyone for coming

(Under ornamental awnings)

That is a brightening light

It is a white light

A spotlight, the drama

And beyond it

Beyond it all the parents yawning

[?]

Violet light

And fake blood

Just above your head there is a mobile

Above the table hangs a chandelier

One still, the other gently bouncing

Jump up and brush them with your felt mouse ears

Under your feet there is some padding

Your knees and elbows, they wear pads as well

You hear the frenzy and you get caught up

Something on you snags, it is your felt mouse tail

You said that you could help me

You told me you could sort it out

I'm only six years old, I am

Six years and three months old

(Knees and elbows)

Brown wig, fake blood, plastic gun

(Knees and elbows)

Brown wig, fake blood, plastic gun

(Knees and elbows)

Brown wig, fake blood, plastic gun

(Knees and elbows)

Brown wig, fake blood, plastic gun

(Knees and elbows, I am lost in a shop)

I am trapped in a car with the windows rolled up

(Knees and elbows, I am lost in a shop)

I am trapped in a car with the windows rolled up

(Knees and elbows, I am lost in a shop)

I am trapped in a car with the windows rolled up

(Knees and elbows)

I am trapped in a car with the windows rolled up

I am six

I (he) am (is)

Six years, three months

Six years, three months

Six years, three months

Six years, three months old today

It's my quarter-birthday