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Creepy Crawly Garden Pleasers

from Whimseys by Kyla Tilley

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Quack and squabble of indignation
Can't you see that piece of bread was mine
Charm your own observer I worked hard for that crust
Preening feathers grooming under wings
Diving and resurfacing
Hope you're good at dodging pebbles
Mind the children making ripples
In the water trying to make the round stones skip

Buzz and sting and yell to ward off youngsters
Who grab at willow branches hanging low
Climbing trees no sign of trepidation
Curiosity negating difference
To the nest of not so social wasps
Trying hard to make an honest days work
Please the queen feeding grubs off morsels pilfered
Competition heavy lately from the ants

In the ally there's a gang of felines
In the gutter cigarette foil gleams
It grabs the eye of a seagull flying overhead
Yappy Dog bolstered by master's presence
Tries his best to shatter pigeons peace
Playing tough guy on the city's mean streets
Ain't so easy attached to a leash
Pigeon's scatter obligingly and regroup

Crack and squish and squelch of not lucky snails
And worms and slugs just trying to cross the street
The tar's so slick and inviting just after it rains
Spider spinning with a fibre so strong that
Magnified would stop a speeding jet
To catch mosquitoes flies and other yummy
Bugs to gratify arachnid pate
Pleasing gardeners not to mention keeping mankind on it's toes

Fog horns car horns
Motors radios
Mask the sound of a million tiny jaws
Devouring trees
Fishes swim in city sponsored parks
Prey to swans and geese
Creepy Crawly microscopic cities thrive below our feet

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from Whimseys, released April 29, 2018

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Kyla Tilley Newfoundland and Labrador

Kyla Tilley plays guitar, wears high heels, and writes sometimes sad, often funny, occasionally disconcerting, story-telling songs which rarely rhyme.

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