Earlier this summer, at an air bnb, we were hit by a bed bug infestation. Bed bug bites are characterized by three bites in a row, and I had a couple dozen bites strewn over my body. Some bites were quite itchy. Since bed bugs are very hardy, the concern of transporting to other domiciles is great. We ran clothes at high heat in a dryer, packed up our belongings in trash bags, and inspected our clothing for possible covert riders.\u00a0 Fortunately, bed bugs carry no diseases and are squarely in the nuisance category. Luckily, bed bugs can double as muses and inspire poetry…<\/p>\n
Lilliputian Vampires — Ode to Bed Bugs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Under cover of night Earlier this summer, at an air bnb, we were hit by a bed bug infestation. Bed bug bites are characterized by three bites in a row, and I had a couple dozen bites strewn over my body. Some bites were … Continue reading
\nThey sharpen their dark arts
\nLilliputian vampires
\nAnesthetizing won’s hide
\nA nocturnal sucking
\nExceeded only buy anon
\nThose consecutive mourns
\nEtched in your flesh
\nThat scrape you fine yourself
\nIn
\nThat fete
\nOf an itch
\nWorth its wait
\nIn scratch
\nAs if
\nKnow good things
\nCome in threes
\nThat serial biting
\nFood me once
\nShame on you
\nFood me twice
\nShame on me
\nAnd if thrice
\nAs a bad bug bites
\nAppending your daze
\nPain your fare
\nWith some dozin’ presents
\nAnd extortion prizes
\nHow mite won
\nAdopt a pauper attitude
\nHow
\nEver shadowy
\nWandering if
\nYou share
\nThat infernal blood line
\nThree sheets to the win
\nAs udderly ban-ish
\nConceivably a tiny weight
\nMerely foretelling their return
\nFarced to live
\nIn a culumny-nation
\nHowever long stuck
\nThorn in aside
\nAs you abate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"