My pet termites were dying one by one,
Annihilated mercilessly--for fun
By an uninvited and unwelcome anteater,
A merciless, maddog criminal repeater
That somehow crawled into my city flat
As silently as a cruel siamese cat.
The termites were of an artistic bent
Who turned mere wood into a sculpted event,
Termites who knew it takes a heap o' chewin'
To turn a house into a home worth doin'.
And so I plotted revenge on the wily critter,
Laying down a poison that's a heavy hitter,
And while the anteater didn't exactly drop dead,
It did say uncle before it permanently fled.
