Poetry Day: Invasion of the Unwanted

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This was written after a week of bugs getting inside.  They always found their way to my room and buzzed me in my sleep.  Moths, flies, and mosquitoes a plenty.)

Buzzing among the lights

Skittering in the dark

The infestation has begun

They strike without a care

Causing pain and strife

I try to stop their entry

Yet they also slip inside

Finding holes I did not see

Or waiting by the door

To scuttle in as I come and go

I hear them in my sleep

And find them when I wake

Destroying all I find

But there is always more

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
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12 Responses to Poetry Day: Invasion of the Unwanted

  1. noelleg44's avatar noelleg44 says:
    May 30, 2024 at 10:02 am

    Do you remember Ogden Nash’s comment: God in his wisdom make the fly, and then forgot to tell us why?

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  2. L. Marie's avatar L. Marie says:
    May 30, 2024 at 10:51 am

    I should read the next to the last line to any wasps that dare to get inside my apartment! I killed several last year!

    This year, cicadas are in town!

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  3. John W. Howell's avatar John W. Howell says:
    May 30, 2024 at 1:04 pm

    Makes me itch to read this.

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  4. DebyFredericks's avatar DebyFredericks says:
    May 30, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    It just so happens we have a bee in the house right now!

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  5. coldhandboyack's avatar coldhandboyack says:
    May 31, 2024 at 6:56 am

    Yup. Us, too. We get all kinds of things, even with screens and effort to exclude them.

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