HASTY BEETLE! (draft, 2020)
Prompts: place + animal + action. A quick fun poem from a bug's perspective! For some reason I'd written this in capital letters so here's me recreating that enthusiasm. PS Grammarly was not happy!
HE WRIGGLES AND SCRITTLES AND TARRICKLES
IN THE COMFORT OF THE DAMP, DARK WOOD -
WHEN HIS LOG STARTS TO WRIGGLE, GRIFFLE AND
RIIIIIIPIFFLE!
LIGHT BLASTS INTO VIEW AND HE SCRIPPLES AND SCRAMBLES
ITCHING FOR THE BRAMBLES
HIS LITTLE LEGS TANGLED
JUST IN TIME FOR A SCREAM
TO BOOM TOWARDS HIM,
AND DOWN FALLS THE LOG,
AND HE'S BACK IN THE GROG -
AND HE WRIGGLES AND SCRITTLES AND
TARRICKLES ONCE MORE.