Only God Could Love a Bumblebee

I think that I shall never see A lovely poem written in defense of the bumblebee! The ponderous and not so glamorous humble bee - Obviously dreamed up by a senatorial sub committee! An old stump that in summer becomes its deadly lair, It flits about chasing little kids, settling in their hair! It brandishes its fearsome stinger- its well-known bane, And when stabbed in the fanny causes a heap o' pain! It bumbles about with gossamer wings so delicately thin, And upon its loutish face, notice that fiendish grin! Such silly poems as this are composed only by fools like me, But 'tis for certain that only God could love a bumblebee! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved With sincere apologies to one of my favorite poets, Joyce Kilmer, for my parody of his beautiful poem "Trees"!