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cockroaches

insecticides sprayed
crushed, smashed, thrashed, hard boot-heel-stamped ~
still they resurrect

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Cornelius Brantley Date: 9/29/2026 9:17:00 AM Yes they do.
Terri Stiles Date: 9/29/2026 8:55:00 AM Interesting-are we routing for the reappearance or frustated by it. As always, the best poems leave us questioning!
Pascal Borg Date: 9/9/2026 11:48:00 AM I've had first hand experience in this, Christuraj. In Isla Margarita, Venezuela, after a severe storm they crept out of every hole and crevice. If you stood still they'de climb all over you. I hated them; enjoyed your Haiku though.
Sara Kendrick Date: 9/9/2026 5:04:00 AM They say this species is very old and are very hard to get rid of, so we will continue to fight the fight. Thank you for sharing this one. Way to go. 👏✍️. Sara K.
Charles Messina Date: 9/1/2026 2:48:00 AM I hate those little suckers... Spot on with, Christuraj. Good one!
Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/31/2026 11:34:00 PM Ha. The greatest of all the insects with resurrection powers!! I like this!
Nette Onclaud Date: 8/24/2026 8:56:00 PM enjoyed your detailed wordplay on roaches; very solid, christural!
Alison A Smith Date: 8/24/2026 12:53:00 AM A sharp, darkly amusing senryu-like miniature. The escalating, hyphenated violence of “crushed, smashed, thrashed” creates vivid momentum, then the final line lands with perfect comic inevitability: cockroaches simply “resurrect.” It captures their legendary resilience in just a few forceful strokes. I've read that cockroaches can survive a nuclear explosion.

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