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The Cock-Roach & the june-bug
Insects are interesting
impulsive little buggers
Surviving on basic instincts
Devoid of pesky emotions
munch, multiply, move
Simple
take The Cock-Roach for example
Suspicious Skitter Scatter
Hissing hissyfits
Avoiding certain death with
Antennae feeling out fate
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Knowing how to hide
How to stay concealed
A Home Invader
if there ever was
One is too many
a 1,000 is
never enough
Then there’s the june-bug
Crawl when it can fly
And more often than not
Helpless on its back
Twitching like a nervous
breakdown; an addict
in withdrawal; an alcoholic
with the shakes
You feel sorry for it
A victim mentality
refusing to step on it
Out of pity
What a segment pair
A real Rick & Morty dynamic
Oh geeze…
08-19-2020
impulsive little buggers
Surviving on basic instincts
Devoid of pesky emotions
munch, multiply, move
Simple
take The Cock-Roach for example
Suspicious Skitter Scatter
Hissing hissyfits
Avoiding certain death with
Antennae feeling out fate
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Knowing how to hide
How to stay concealed
A Home Invader
if there ever was
One is too many
a 1,000 is
never enough
Then there’s the june-bug
Crawl when it can fly
And more often than not
Helpless on its back
Twitching like a nervous
breakdown; an addict
in withdrawal; an alcoholic
with the shakes
You feel sorry for it
A victim mentality
refusing to step on it
Out of pity
What a segment pair
A real Rick & Morty dynamic
Oh geeze…
08-19-2020
Published 19th Aug 2020
Author's Note
Just something I've been working on since I got clean & sober on 08-10-2020
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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19th Aug 2020 6:30am
Nice ... I like this one ... its uniqueness ... its message ... great flow and cadence ...
19th Aug 2020 6:55am
19th Aug 2020 6:56am
19th Aug 2020 9:32am
Clean & sober = way to go.
Makes new perspectives on the sentient life-forms. (To some of us)
Make cool poem, too.
! Entomology ! for the buggers !
Makes new perspectives on the sentient life-forms. (To some of us)
Make cool poem, too.
! Entomology ! for the buggers !
19th Aug 2020 2:18pm
Devoid of pesky emotions
munch, multiply, move
Suspicious Skitter Scatter
Hissing hissy fits* ( two words - in the spirit of honest critique )
Lawd! the alliteration and assonance of those lines is divine! This was an interesting and unique perspective on insectile critters. Although I strangely feel it's metaphoric somehow.
Congratulations on your sobriety! I admire your strength and determination to overcome. It's not easily done.
munch, multiply, move
Suspicious Skitter Scatter
Hissing hissy fits* ( two words - in the spirit of honest critique )
Lawd! the alliteration and assonance of those lines is divine! This was an interesting and unique perspective on insectile critters. Although I strangely feel it's metaphoric somehow.
Congratulations on your sobriety! I admire your strength and determination to overcome. It's not easily done.
19th Aug 2020 4:12pm
Bravo! You picked up what I was laying down. There is a metaphoric message underneath: both The Cock-Roach and the june-bug represent differing aspects of the addicts persona.
In my addiction I was very insect-like.
In my addiction I was very insect-like.
