Tirade Against a Menace

Today has been pleasant and fairly warm.  And with old Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania predicting an early spring, we must once again face the facts that not all of Earth's species are our friends.

With this thought in mind, I decided to share this Ogden Nash inspired ditty with you.

                                                 Swat and Grumble

     The trouble with the skeeter
     Is she thinks that she is neater
     Than any other thing ever put upon this Earth.
     She thinks there's nothing sweeter
     Than a man from head to feeter
     And to provide her daily food is the only reason for our birth.

     She lurks there in the quiet
     Till the time is right to try it
     Then dive-bombs her victims till she's either stuffed or dies.
     I cannot deny it
     We could start a riot
     By inventing a device to ensure her complete demise.

     She doesn't ask permission
     When she goes out a-fishing
     Searching for the sweet aroma of our flesh and blood.
     She gets her best nutrition
     While we just lay there wishing
     Noah had found a way to overlook her in the flood.

     So think about the skeeter
     And the ways we can defeat her
     In this wicked little game she plays of cat and mouse.
     For you can trust a skeeter
     To be a sure repeater
     Lurking in the shadows to attack you in your house.