Bug kisses

I woke up with a bug in my bed,

I didn’t get scared, I kissed it instead.

This rat-sized insect recoiled in horror,

Like an ugly skeleton-filled closet explorer.

Looked at me with disgust on its face,

Skittered around on the pillow with grace.

Accusing me with its compound eyes,

Reveals its wings and away it flies!

Being slobbered on is not entertaining,

By a giant in particular, it must feel like it’s raining.

And an ugly one to boot, wholly out of luck,

Disgusted little bug, it is, enveloped in muck.

Repulsion-fueled wings take it far away outside,

Where it rests and can’t believe. “I just almost died.”

Bamboo forest

I heard that bamboo is not a real tree.

Actually a grass, and then it struck me.

A forest of bamboo is just a tall lawn.

Take a walk there on any bright morn,

And ta-dah, you’re now like an ant,

Scuttling on all sixes… Oh wait, you can’t.

Looking up into the further-away sky,

Seeing humans that can pass by,

Humongous shapes, earthquake slow,

Creating tremors as they go.

You can imagine other living things,

Scurrying around you with legs or wings.

You are tiny and so are they,

Just a tiny insect, hidden in hay.

Sciencey people

Mmm, stories of arduous research made into silly rhymes.

 

Every scientist needs their army,

Especially those who are a bit barmy.

I knew a scientist who was a bit kooky.

She had a thing for the Japanese kabuki.

When she had a thing she’d like to injure,

She scienced up an army of ninja.

Clad in silk and black as night,

They’d slice enemies left and right.

Until they ran into her rival’s one,

Which, btw, doesn’t care about the sun.

His bat army saw the ninjas with their ears.

And sucked their blood and drank their tears.

That was the end for the ninjery army.

By the scientist who was more than barmy.

 

I knew a scientist who was just plain nice,

As crazy as rats with needles for eyes,

But very nice, so his army was different.

It didn’t cost money, not even a single cent.

His army was made of happiness and hugs.

He spread it online by virtual bugs.

They hacked the pentagon and NSA.

Found people’s addresses handily that way.

Then turned on their huggynator beam,

Which made people drool and dream.

They woke up after a pretty small jiffy,

And were feeling just a bit squiffy.

They started hugging everyone they saw

And laying kisses on the cheeks and the jaw.

Washing of brains is what had happened,

And their lives had un-crappened.

I don’t know if this is right or wrong,

Hugging just makes you feel like you belong.

 

I knew a scientist who was not nuts.

Her great dream was to build small huts

Where you could live and not feel cold

Until you got sick or frail and old.

She worked hard for a very long time,

Years and years, always full time.

Then she found the magical pill,

You just pop it in the soil and don’t even till.

Wait for a minute and up it grows,

A synthetic plant shaped like toes.

It’s warm and soft and it won’t rot,

It gets cool when the weather is hot.

She found a firm and sold those all over

And soon her buildings popped up like clovers.

No one homeless on our pretty Earth,

All thanks to her and her toe-houses of worth.

Bugs’ beach

This one is about insects having a day at the beach. I am not an entomologist, which might lead to some inaccuracies.

 

If you’re afraid of bugs really, really bad,

It’s entomophobia and it’s a bit sad.

 

If you go to an insect beach,

You can only scream and screech.

 

You can’t go and that’s a darn shame.

Is it the bugs or your brain to blame?

 

You’ll miss out on the soft, warm sand

Where the crickets are playing in their cool jazz band.

 

They play while they bounce really high up.

Their airy tunes are like joy in a cup.

 

You won’t see the clear glimmer of the sea

Or its swimmers who are so carefree.

 

They know they’re the best, these big egos

Belong to none other than mosquitoes in speedoes.

 

You won’t see the volleyball match

Played by flutterbies who strike and snatch.

 

The rules are weird when they can fly,

But it’s not serious under this blue sky.

 

If you went, you’d see the black ants.

Practicing speeches for sizeable grants.

 

Speaking with gravitas and proper sincerity.

On how to increase our general prosperity.

 

In the cool breeze you’d see a busy bee.

Trying to plant an endogenous tree.

 

He doesn’t know, it just won’t grow.

Because there isn’t quite enough snow.

 

Watching the clouds, a tiny, little worm,

Lying very still, not a hint of a squirm.

 

Dreaming of, one day, eating the moon.

Biting in half that cheesy balloon.

 

The lifeguard sees all this and more.

Being keen’s his only chore.

 

He’s not a bug, two legs too many.

Spider’s the name and he saves plenty.

 

When bugs are in trouble, he goes “fling”

Pulls the web back with a very mighty swing.

 

The soggy bugs are safe in the guard’s small hut.

A small, tiny hut carved into a brazil nut.

 

This you would see if you could go.

Why do you fear things smaller than your toe?