The Cockroach

Another silly one

THE ROACH

 

After dinnertime I go
to watch my favorite TV show
but always, part way through of late,
I hear the sound I really hate
to hear beyond the kitchen door
of roaches crawling on the floor.
Even if I run to see
the bugs are way ahead of me...
It's goodbye, sayonara roaches
anytime someone approaches...
Lights go on and out they cut
scurrying collective butt
to hurry off to parts unknown
and leave you by yourself alone.

Late at night when you're in bed
the roach comes out in search of bread
or meat or cake or such, they say,
whatever wasn't put away,
from pot to pan the roaches hop
across the kitchen countertop
or in and out of every drawer
and garbage can and sink and more
and squeeze into the smallest gap
of foods you only slightly wrap.

From out the woodwork roaches come
to scarf up every chunk and crumb
around the rims of bowls they wend,
then, finding edibles they send
the message out to one and all-
to buddies hiding in the wall,
"Come on down and have a bite.
We hit the jackpot here tonight!"
To eat and drink until the dawn,
then, just like that, they're up and gone
except for droppings left in chow
you're eating there for breakfast now...