Play on words

 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.  I love the broad and inclusive meaning of the word "kin" - We are all kin.  All members of the plant, animal and other kingdoms of living things.  Of Mice and kin" is all of us together making plans and living as John Lennon famously quoted that life is what happens when you are busy making other plans...