Pests

contest entry

The hardware store holds products
pledging to rid us of our fears
Tape and traps and poisons circulate
All within our personal spheres

Pests within, pests without
Tis a common thread
In our angst to be rid of them
We only heighten the dread

We cannot do this ourselves
We need to hire a pro
They can get in where the cretins lay
And wander to and fro

The cost! The smell!
Is it worth the darkening pall
Questions linger, and I wonder
at the sanity of it all

Perhaps it best to my mind
To let them have the house
Rather than to blow it up
On account of a single mouse

20 lines abcb form (at least I think so)
8/28/22