The Centipede – A Poem
I saw a centipede today
They have the hairiest legs, I say
There you go down the drain
Back to where you once came
A creepy crawler is what you are
The ugliest bug by far
Multiple legs are what you have
Don’t you dare make me mad
I saw you walking down the stairs
Surely you thought I wasn’t aware
One day I saw you on a wall
Got interrupted by a call
In China, they eat you deep-fried or grilled
Which makes me feel very ill
Runaway and hide today
Never come back any day
Man holding Scolopendra gigantea. Trinidad, 1961
© Susan Zutautas 2019
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oh poor critter, hope he didn’t drown … knew there was a good reason I’m vegetarian 🙂
well written!
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That’s what I used to think but now I hear that they bite (some of them). Thanks, Kate!
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lol yes they can be poisonous but then we have many spiders, snakes and sharks here .. found that if you respect them they don’t bite 🙂
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nice poem
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Thanks!
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A most interesting poem, but the end was a big icky for me. Eating bugs just doesn’t appeal to me.
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Oh, I know what you mean but I found out about them eating the bugs when I was researching them.
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Gosh, glad we only have diddy ones 🙂
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The ones we have here just keep getting bigger and bigger every year.
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Yikes. Our diddy ones give me the shivers, but that’s cos they’re small. Don’t know what I’d do if I encountered one of your giants. Probably step back and allow it plenty of room.
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I hate, hate, HAAAAATE those things! We get them in our house and some of them are massive! Like 6 inches long! And they’re QUICK. And they leave a dusty smudge on the wall or ceiling where you smack them. *shudders*
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