Poetry Thursday

 

It is time for another Poetry Thursday hosted by TWO SPOILED CATS.  Here is the photo they provided for inspiration. 

Horatio spun the perfect spider’s web

He was sure the be an arachnoid celeb

But before his fame could rise and ebb

A little boy destroyed it with a plastic sword while playing Johnny Web

Revenge is  something Horatio needed to do

And he found a friend who could chew

An army of termites attacked the home eating it down to the last screw

Hortaio said: “Destroy my house I will destroy yours too.”

The father was furious his house was destroyed by insects

And hired a construction crew for his project

They tore down trees, ripped up flower beds which his neighbors did protest

And then, to keep all bugs out he covered the ground with cement

The insects sought their revenge through the air. 

And soon the family was living a nightmare

Bees in the chimney, hornets in the vents, and settling everywhere

Then they swarmed, attacked and drove the family out in their unwear

The father was beyond mad

His family had to live with granddad.

And in a move straight out of Stalingrad

He bombed the family plot until no breathing creature could survive not even a crawdad

The effects of the war caused the neighbors to sue

And the dad was arrested, a payment to society was due

The neighborhood was a place no one would walk through

Except for one creature, high in a broken tree, enjoying the view

Horatio had spun a  new abode

And when it came to catching insects it was the mother lode

And if there is something to be learned from this episode

Its that when man fights nature a win for nature will always be bestowed