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Parasitism Poems

Oh lover

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        Our love was parasitism. 
You benefited while you harmed me.
You left my heart hanging from a rope as a lifel...

Categories: parasitism, art, beautiful, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse

Death By Predation

...Nature isn't Disney
No wild animals die of old age
They die of hunger, exposure, illness
Parasitism, injury and predation
The first five manners of death 
All lead to death by predation 
As the...

Categories: parasitism, animal, death, life, nature,
Form: Free verse

Polarity

...The universe should be a platform for justice 
Try not to fight just for little differences 
For the world to stand, there must be balance 
Though against good, forces of evil have no chance 

F...

Categories: parasitism, world,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Defense of the Tick

...I loathe the mere thought
of creatures so slothful and rude
as to steal their life's portion from others.

Ticks, tapeworms, leeches, and mosquitoes -
each I despise for their moral failings.

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Categories: parasitism, irony,
Form: Free verse

Cuckoo Crow Agape

...As though treasure lost
Cuckoo chirps in rhyme hiccups 
Eggs lay in crow’s nest
She knows crow will care her chicks 
For mother, every child’s hers

Does cuckoo trick crow
Persuading care for ...

Categories: parasitism, life, love, nature,
Form: Tanka

Always Envious of Gifted Individuals With Neat Hand Printing Writing

...Always envious of gifted individuals with neat hand printing/writing

Gnome hatter heroic measures taken
moost ludicrously asinine,
nonetheless hoop fully
me legendary penta meat herd bovine des...

Categories: parasitism, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Endless Cruel Laughter

...Sgt. Bedlam of heavy artillery reporting sir
Bedlam I want you to pick the runt of the litter
and turn him into an agent assassin 
with the clandestine power of hypnotism
yes Generalissimo I am h...

Categories: parasitism, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

The Numbers Game

...Ten trillion galaxies up there, down there, around here
Each with one hundred billion stars, give or take
Can you wrap your head around an octillion?
All I need is one civilization that gets it ri...

Categories: parasitism, culture, humanity, math, stars,
Form: Free verse

Secondus Satan

...Greedy Secondus Satan!
Down with Satan, Demon, hyena, python
Who have much money swallowed?
Whose swollen belles are but bottomless pit?
Must we sink more and more money into the abyss?  
Or use...

Categories: parasitism, abuse, allusion, anger, betrayal,
Form: I do not know?

- the Orchid -

...In my window there are two beautiful orchids 
    They do best in east facing window with morning sun 
    sheltered for the hottest sun of the day 
    There are many myths about the Orchid 
   ...

Categories: parasitism, beauty, flower,
Form: Free verse

Parasitism

...An example of unilateral symbiosis
would be parasitism such as any mycosis.
Within you could live a bacterium or virus.
To me, it is beneficial. To you, dangerous.
The form could also be manifest...

Categories: parasitism, death, health
Form: Rhyme

To Those Who Love Me

...Brown, yucky and tasteless
Toxic monsters
All tightly bundled
Into a thin roll.
That's me! 
Slim and handy
As I squeeze in between
Your fingers.
Burning my tail, 
I turn into ashes and smoke...

Categories: parasitism, health,
Form: I do not know?