Caged bird who lost her name
Struts her soft feathers
Desperate for a sense of freedom
Death and freedom coexist
As a man unwittingly opens the latch

George talks fast
With words I don't get
I like him more than ketchup
More than that God damn pup
More than tending rabbits
I got him
An' he got me
An' that's all we need

The mutt coughed up dust mixed with despair
His old bones ached of aged weariness
Though his ears were caked with hair crawling out
He could still hear others whisper about him
They say he was beginning to be useless
That his time was near the end
Was this Candy or his dog?

If Lennie was smart,
He wouldn't eat apples too tart
He would enjoy the better thing in life
He would probably have a chance with a wife
He wouldn't squish the mice
He would pet them really nice
If Lennie had any sense, little or a ton,
He'd wish he had none

The truth of the worlds
Sweet, harsh, or unbearable
In 'Of Mice and Men'