Unwanted Guests

BY Ellen-Jo Emerson

Posted 7/24/19

Every spring I spray I pray I swat and stomp Swab or Vacuum But they are relentless Camel cricket scouts Platoons of ants Loathsome spiders Trying to spin their homes But, oh joyful blessing, The …

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Unwanted Guests

Jonathan Charles Fox

Posted Wednesday, July 24, 2019 1:27 pm

BY Ellen-Jo Emerson

Every spring
I spray
I pray
I swat
and stomp
Swab or
Vacuum
But they are relentless
Camel cricket scouts
Platoons of ants
Loathsome spiders
Trying to spin their homes
But, oh joyful blessing,
The occasional ladybug
That I gently escort outside
She makes all the difference.