Worldbeaters Poems | Examples

Let My Beetles Go

LET    MY   BEETLES   GO ! !

And  it came to pass
That a lone beetle was crying
In the wilderness, alas,
After many years trying

To release all the beetles around
From the misery of slaving  -
Building a great ant-hill mound.
(For the ants, a great time-saving ! )

And he warned the ant-king
That his beetles must be freed
From the bondage of working
Because of the ant-king’s greed

“Let my beetles go !” he said;
But the king hardened his heart,
“They’ll work till they’re dead. . .
When this mound’s done, another will start.”

Then plagues - small, great, some worldbeaters,
Were sent  -  ant footrot,  antshell-itis,
And infestations of hungry ant-eaters.
The king said, “How great your God’s might is !”

. . . and he let the beetles go.