Gershon Wolf Poet Personification

As Viewed From a Bat's Lair

I fly out of my lair
  to land in your hair
You brush me off
  as if I weren't there

Yet now you're infected
  though you've not suspected
corona flu injected
  no symptoms detected

You've invaded my home
  stripped the land of my food
I'd have left you alone
  'cept for your turpitude

Of rural China we speak
  and the West, it does shriek
regarding sinister plots
  but that's all for naught 

For as you too encroach
  on habitats you poach
from skunks, 'coons, and mice
  Please know that head lice --

will seem mighty nice
  compared to the plagues
that are heading your way
  in a trice

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Caren Krutsinger August 20, 2020 at 3:35 PM Satirical poem about a bat who was unknowingly Typhoid Mary 'cept it ain't Typhoid, it is something worse! Well penned my friend!

Kim Rodrigues August 18, 2020 at 7:36 AM I feel itchy ;o

Jenish Somadas August 17, 2020 at 11:39 PM lol.. Loved the satire.. Nice personification and lovely composition Gershon.. Have a great day..

Mohan Chutani August 17, 2020 at 10:55 PM Very relevant of current times and for future as well, GW. Shows how we are all connected to nature through a common bond. We need to respect and not destroy the nature's provisions. Mohan Gershon Wolf August 18, 2020 at 2:39 PM Thank you for your perceptive comment, Mohan. We surely must respect wildlife more -- or we will pay a huge price, as we see today! Thanks, Gershon

Evelyn Judy Buehler August 17, 2020 at 8:50 PM A very well crafted satirical personification poem, Gershon. I enjoyed reading it. :) Gershon Wolf August 18, 2020 at 2:32 PM Thank you for the high praise you have given this effort, Evelyn. Very much appreciated. Sunlight and Serenity, Gershon