Earwig

The common earwig frightens me,
Upon her way proceeding;
She climbs up couches silently
And scares me when I'm reading.
But most of all I hate her name,
A horrible reminder
Of places, if she ever came,
I would not want to find her.


~ Tamary Shoemaker
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(From a prompt at Poetic Asides to write a poem about an animal.)