Insects Leaving © Matt Dorfman in the New York Times

Where Have All the Insects Gone? National Geographic

Pests

No, not the human kind,

just all the freakin rest.

Rats and roaches,

that infiltrate and,

put us to the test.

Fruit flies and mosquitoes,

weevils, ants, spiders and germs.

Cleanliness is godliness,

must kill all those verms.

Weeds, aphids, termites, snakes,

and their unsightly evil lot.

All little things making our,

grass not green or rot.

Eradicate them all, for,

we know not what we've got.

We know not that these,

creatures of our mother earth.

Have given us all other life,

some good, some bad,

but all needed for the very,

wonderful source of our birth.

Let's praise them not kill them,

and give them their berth,

their kingdom is our kingdom,

our beautiful, wonderful earth.

Copyright 2020 © Ronald W. Hull

5/21/20

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