Campfire Conspiracy

What an over active imagination can conjure up about camping in a forest.

Campfire Conspiracy-

"Won't camping be fun?" my husband asks in anticipated excitement
I answer "Oh, yes!" facetiously with an exaggerated look of enthusiasm
Not immune to my sarcasm and not comprehending of my reluctance
He questions, "What are you so afraid of ? "
A thought bubble magically appears above my head

Worms wearing black leather jackets and cursing
While smoking filter-less cigarettes and packing switchblades
Are scheming to overthrow my tented fortress

Field mice start charging, like woman at a rummage sale
They try to bombard my nylon barrier to get first dibs
With makeup complete and press on nails in place they press on
Conniving to be let into tent, crying mascara rains from corners of eyes
And reluctant to try tool shed and leave nail's appendage behind

Bats donning spire helmets, aviator glasses and insignia swastika capes
Instill fear dive bombing haphazardly with echolocation on the fritz
Performing erratic aerial tactics,  plummeting, striking unmercifully
Phantom fliers cast large shadows, while nomads sleep oblivious to impending jeopardy

Mosquitoes work in tandem with bats rampage
Harikari dive bombers carrying Molotov cocktails in the form of West Nile
Waiting for precise moment to annihilate the sleeping giants

Pebbles, acorns, sticks and thistle- thorny barbed wire become booby traps
Beneath my sleeping bag causing discomfort and interrupted sleep
And creating an access tunnel to get in

Squirrels conspire to suffocate me creating a smoke screen via campfire
To steal my comfy pillows for their own cozy love nest
I don't think so peanut eating rodents, "I'm onto you!"
I can see through your convenient disguise: mustaches, fleece vest and bow ties
Appearing harmless clever ploy, nice disguise, nice try

"So honey , Why don't you want to go camping?"

Author's Note

No don't check spelling foreign word

Reviews

[Michelle Gent]

Dear confuser thank you so much for your input and kind words. Coming from you that's a huge compliment. Because I greatly admire your work as well, it's brilliant. I'm creative but I lack the finesse that seems to come naturally to you. Again thank you so much.

[Confuser]

Thought bubble - love it] On stanza 3, field mice stampeding like women at a rummage sale; this is wonderful Michelle....What great prose!!! I love it...and we can all relate...made me think of some of my camping trips; before we bought a camper: snakes BIG ones and the largest spider on the SC coast inside my tent. Your imagination is boundless...You are a great writer. And I thank you; I will put it in my library to re-read. You have helped me so much honestly; writing ideas; I love every line; the continuing flow, layering and layering; really the way my mind works; but you have the ability to express thoughts so well; I love, love the humor. Wow. Bravo!