INSECT CROSSING

Jarred awake
by a tickling sensation ---
flitter of insect crossing ear and cheek ---

With a shriek,
I bound out of bed
knocking over a room divider and
wrenching my back;

Adrenaline pumping and
gaze drawn to floor,
a giant cockroach
scurries toward destruction.

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