A Roach, I Approach

A hilarious nonsense verse on roach by Sukanya.

With a Raid in hand I approach
Towards the scurrying brown roach.
As it scuttled past
I moved two steps back, fast.
I gulped a handful of air
Do I kill the roach, do I dare?

If I don’t, it will remain alive
It will bloom, it will thrive.
It will hide in my closet and in my pantry
It will find a partner, it will marry.
It will multiply, it will breed
Roach number will increase and exceed.
Big ones, small ones and itty bitty babies
I will live in fear and I will be going crazies.

So with the Raid and a heart very brave
I attacked that vile knave
Passion raging and aroused
I sprayed the roach and it I doused
It ran here, there and helter-skelter
Little roachie was in the open, had no shelter
It flipped on its back, its legs flailing
Soon enough it was ill and ailing.
With a deep sigh, it went all dead
The fear of roach from me fled

Bye, bye Roachie!

©Sukanya Juno Biswas

Pix from Net.

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Sukanya Juno Biswas
Sukanya Juno Biswas grew up in Kolkata, India. She did MA in English from Calcutta University. She loves books, Bob Dylan, Baez and Boxer dogs. When she gets time away from two human kids and two animals, she writes. A complete realist, off and on romantic, an atheist – in the present climate of uncertainty, would have loved a perfect world, though aware it’s not possible. She has been living in Texas for last 17 years.

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