Lice Attack

They prepared a squad to ambush
On hairy forests of a human head.
Things were well planned to push
The army on the murky skin-bed.

Army of Lice marched on warily
Towards the places assigned to all.
They had to peep everywhere slyly
Lest they are knocked by Fingernail.

The Larger ones are the commanders
Of this momentous Guerrilla attack.
Smalls will follow forgetting Slanders
And battle with guts, work in Pack.

They furrow the skin to make Trench
So that they can fight and stay secure.
Some would plunge in them to drench
Themselves in the blood for adventure.

These Lice have a Mission to fulfill.
They make slices of nice hair with
Their teeth of Vice like stinging Eel
Or Mice, with ruthless urge beneath.

They have attacked on the Two-footed,
Some would hide and ambush at once,
Some hang by hair until it’s uprooted.
All they do is sip, sting, cling, flounce.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Gani Avatar
October 22, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Hello, p.d. I am fine. it is actually Saturday night here. it is good night, good morning to you though. :)
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October 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM
osman ,~Good morning! How are you this early Saturday :-) morning. Stopping by to read a couple of poems and Haiku's .ENJOYING LIFE THIS MORNING, SMILES.. Take care and have yourself a GOOD DAY~ ;-) Always,..p.d
Gani Avatar
October 21, 2011 at 9:40 PM
thanks, Andrea, for appreciating. It is small but universal problem. I hope your daughter will no longer have the problem. Thanks again.
Dietrich Avatar
October 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM
oh, boy, what a great personification of those nasty Lousy lice! I remember when my daughter got it in grade school. What a horror show to finally get them all out, resulting in her having to have her nice long hair cut off!
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