Not Out of My Drain...

"you can squish and squish..."

 

Not Out of My Drain…
By: Lorraine Pearson
March 9, 2008

If you had been
A butterfly
Crawling
Out of my drain
I wouldn’t have
Had to squish you
With the palm
Of my hand.

Instead of the grimace
I wore
On my face
A smile of delight
I’d have had in its place.


Then, why so few
Butterflies,
Yet so many
Of you,
I don’t know?
But…
I’m going to
Continue
Squishing you
Innumerable times-
Mister COCKROACH!

© Lorraine Pearson 2008

Reviews

[Carole]

This gives me shivers. Cockroaches and I have never gotten a long. I have been fortunate not to have any for the past 14 years, but have lived in plenty of places where I did. I would probably spray the drains. :-)

[AK]

Love this!

[STARDUST]

I really enjoyed this poem, especially the verse where you say, " Instead of the grimace I wore on my face, A smile of delight I'd have in it's place."

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

wonderfully written piece, I'm sure I've felt this many times. Nice ending. "Mister Cockroach"


Great Write.

[BlakeL79]

A very cute little poem about something quite mundane. Isn't it amazing where our muse strikes us. I enjoy reading things that are whimsical as much as work that is serious. Thanks for sharing.

[Laurie Morrison]

*wink* What would Kafka say? Nice twist!

[DeAn]

lol. toooo funny. I suffer from the same syndrome!! HA!

that is just toooo funny.

weird to see another doing the same and a woman at that. most times you all would be ewwww yucky. me it is just squish squish squish!

lol

great write and very funny indeed. thanks for the laughter.

l8r g8r
-Tao