Angst Insect Poems

Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like...

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In every crevice where I look
Every cranny, every nook
Creeping, crawling in their hoards
It’s my world they head towards

Swarming over every leaf
Numbers that defy belief 
Out...

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"I've always been told I'm the lunatic! As I've never bowed down, as I don't please the rats around me ever, even many many years...

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*** Bugged ***

Summer is here.  A beautiful time of the year, or nearly.
If only it only gave life to the good and better
 ...

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An anxious tick anticipates a drop;
if it is thick, he knows he’ll have to stop.
But if it’s thin, a thought to make him smile:
plumped up...

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*Image of Woman with face mask sneezing into elbow while shopping by iStock.

Silly Masqued Cough It

Silly masqued cough it,
sassed out her topic,
eating her words and...

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a wasp jabs its sting
deep into my derriere
a butt load of itch...
too embarrassing to scratch
yet too itchy to ignore

buzzing mosquitos
partial to my fast-food face
fly in...

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A moth drawn to the 
ethereal light
exuded by a lucky few 
like you
to escape eternal night
I singed my wings
dreaming of brighter things
better days I’d been...

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They're Coming Soon


They're coming soon to ruin summer peace! 
All night and day we'll hear their horrid song-
and cover ears to help the noise decrease!
They're...

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fed up splitting hairs
       the flea scratches at its head 
        ...

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When I walk in
you are sat 
with arms crossed
loosely
watching
two woodlice,
one trailing behind
too slow to keep up.
The light bulb,
too white
for a cosy 
living room,
is naked
without 
its...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Whispers of soft breath sliced straight through
The strands of the spider webs glue
Halloween goblins hissed
Mocking spiders they kissed
Excited when the web caught dew









...

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Bee's sting midst honey

hell's angst versus God's sweet gift*

life’s paradox shown...

Fleeing from sin-poison

my soul yielded to Saviour's offered love 

packed with pardon's grace

now grateful, quickened...

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full speed
mosquito coming in
for a landing



posted on June 1, 2019...

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