The Cockroach

The Cockroach (inspired by the poem of Robert William Service) The cockroach please, do not approach they live alone or as a family they are often hungry but never greedy like drones you find them between the stones constantly wet, not dried out usually in the darkest spaces once in Kenya I visited the Capital's Hospital in the toilet of that important department a cockroach like a flying saucer just skimmed over my hair the toilet was too bright and too clean also still unoccupied so the cockroach was still unidentified my only experience with cockroach in Kenya was just an awful non-Eureka! most respect from me individually they survived all eras they are not fata-morganas mind you they exist since the dinosaur eras ©Sylvia Frances Chan Monday 09-09-2024