Cockroach conversation at the banquet dinner table

Enjoy the feast everyone, dig in.
The potatoe peels are delicious.
How was your day Cynthia?
I had a shocking day.
I was touched by a human
rummaging in the cupboard.
How dreadful!
It was so repulsive to be touched
by a human I tell you. Such dirty creatures.
What did you do?
I ran away and have been
compulsively cleaning myself all day.
Happened to me once, I was so shocked,
I dropped my pupae.
Really?
Yes, they are disgustingly filthy.
Dread the thought.
Can we change the subject?
Oh! I can. I was watching the insect channel.
Did you know,
if there was a nuclear war,
we would be the only survivors.
What! No humans?
Yes! No humans.
I’ll drink to that.
So will I.
Hear! Hear! Let us toast
to no more humans.
Hooray! Hooray!
Cheers everyone!
Perish the thought!
Oh! Look at the time.
Got to scuttle.
Tally Ho!

Reviews

[Vol]

Andrew,
Ah, the delights of enlightened poetry! I love this one. I have encountered those little buggers now and then, from the slimy little German types to the giant Palmetto bugs in Florida, two inches long with wings and teeth...
Great poem! Needs a publisher!

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks for the big smile Vol, you are too kind, a publisher you say. I feel like most of my works are going from bad to worse lol except I’m happy with this one. Will return the love as they say and visit soon.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Tally Ho
What a great last verse
Fabulous just my sort of read love it !

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Julie. Hope u r well.

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful work with symbolism and metaphor.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Thomas.

[emmajoygreen]

Is that called 'turning the table'? Read this three times and as I was about to read again, I realised that you could be right. We are who we are, us human beings.. arrogant, thoughtless, scything down the length of anything that stops our intentions. We are both the shadows or invisible perpurtraitors (brain lapse)who eat our way through life as if it was ours alone. Wrong! Both wit and warning that big brother cockroach has us mere humans in sight!

[andrew mitchell]

May be em. This is actually true that they are repulsed by us and will clean themselves if touched. We have a way, us humans of upsetting the balance of nature. Thank you em.

[emmajoygreen]

I didn't know that. My aim is to learn something new every day.. and now have, thanks to you. Think Mankind - like platypuses, could be blamed for most things, come to think about it. Thank you.

[Lisasview]

Always a delight to read your fun words dear Andrew... Such a great imagination... and your ending using the word scuttle is so perfect... Love it..Good for you to keep on writing!! I am back to it finally...Just posted 3 new poems and I have two more to post once I go over them carefully.
I am back to reading, reviewing and posting...Boy did I miss it...

Lisa

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Lisa and it's true cockroaches are repulsed by human contact and will clean themselves. I haven't been writing much