If you live anywhere around the Midwest

They’re now climbing up through the clay

There is nowhere you can hide from them

Millions of them will be here now any day

They have been living underground

For the last very long seventeen years

Now, I am sitting out in my yard, waiting

While I await them, I ponder my wife’s fears

Soon these red-eyed creatures will be everywhere

They’ll be filling big cities, towns, forests, and the sky

Nature enthusiasts like myself eagerly await their arrival

Many others like my spouse want to hide, scream, and cry

Soon, they’ll be flying all around Thornwood Manor

Soon, they’ll be devilishly creeping into our bedroom

Soon, my pets will be feverishly chasing them all about

And soon, my spouse will be after them all with her broom

So I think I’ll keep right on sitting here, chuckling to myself

And enjoying the comedic show that will soon be starting

Brood XIII of the 17-Year Cicada Cycle is now about to begin

And everyone beside myself around these parts will be darting

You Have to Admit They are Cute,

And They Really Know How to Sing,

And Very Soon, Millions of Their Kind,

Will Be Everywhere Around Us On the Wing

The Average Person Consumes About Two – Three Pounds

Of Ground Up Bugs in a Lifetime, Without Even Knowing It;

And Now That I’ve Revealed This Tiny Food Industry Secret,

Please Enjoy Your Meals Today, and Don’t Have a Hissy Fit

©2007, An Insect Fan

As For the Millions of Cicadas in Brood XIII,

I Can Already Hear My Terrified Wife’s Screams,

 I Just Spotted a Few Now Emerging in Our Garden,

Her Worst Nightmare is About to Begin it Seems!