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Pest Control

Today in a cobweb I found a butterfly I think its helpless fluttering was why it caught my eye Carefully I freed it from the spider’s ravages It gave a sneaky grin and headed for my cabbages Today I caught a rat in a catch n release trap I took it to a copse that I’d located on a map I let it go and thought it would have run away or hid It turns out that the rat got home some time before I did Today I nearly caught the mole that’s digging up my lawn I got up nice and early but it must have heard me yawn That little five inch terrorist is digging up the yard That I can’t get a spade into because the ground’s so hard That was the final straw, I should’ve let those critters die I tried to catch the butterfly which flew up to the sky Then something made me happier than I’d been in a while On my green beans a caterpillar gave me quite a smile

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 8/13/2021 11:24:00 AM
Little things do get one's back up! Take care! Aloha! Rico
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Terry Flood
Date: 8/13/2021 4:48:00 PM
I wouldn’t mind, but apart from the cheeky grins and some poetic licence with ‘Today’ the whole flaming thing is close to true. Cheers, Rico. Terry
Date: 8/12/2021 1:19:00 PM
Dont get soft on those pests Terry lol. Hope you're keeping well. Tom
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 8/13/2021 9:03:00 AM
You have my sympathy Terry, once you have a bad back it never goes away. Plastering the kitchen at the moment, what a messy job that is.
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Terry Flood
Date: 8/12/2021 2:43:00 PM
Thanks, Tom. My back’s gone belly up again through doing nothing much really. Painful but hopefully won’t last too long. Hope you’re well yourself. Terry

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