Nature's Survivors

They have been trapped and been poisoned for decades of years

And they have reduced grain growing farmers to tears

And some farmers due to financial losses because of them have died

Surrendering their lives in the act of suicide

In the countryside and rural towns houses they invade

And of food and clothing by them a mess is often made 

Their praises by anyone is never sung

But their secret of survival is they give birth to lots of young

Cats and dogs cannot control them every year their numbers are on the rise

Any story of the damage they can create is no longer a surprise

For such tiny creatures they are quick to multiply

And that they are Nature's survivors of them none can deny

You will not hear many say anything nice

Of these tiniest of rodents that are known as mice.