Another Tale of Mice and Kin

Of mice and kin Let me in  We all are family  We all can win  Of mice and kin  We all belong  All part of one life All part of one song  Of mice and kin 

 If you have not figured it out yet, "Of mice and kin" is a play on words relating to the original John Steinbeck novel "Of Mice and Men"...  I like the play on words, however it is not a parody of the work as I do not know enough about the original work to draw any comparisons.  I saw the movie version of the work with Sally Field and John Malkovich.  I will always allways remember the last scene of the movie when everyone - all the characters - the black and the white, the dead law enforcement official and the person who killed him.  I like the thought of us all being cleansed of our sins and reunited in some form of heaven.   A little online research yielded me a hint as to where the title originated: The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley" ("The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry").  In my adaptation the best laid plans of mice and kin...