<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448604" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My War With The Fleas</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Came August<br>the Flea Commander<br>slapped his walking stick<br>upon the table bare</div><div style="margin:10px 0">surveying his battle plan<br> testing his jumping legs<br>assembled before him were<br>flea battalions on the ground<br>restless for the attack<br>mosquitoes and flies to buzz the air, <br>giant bedbug tanks from New York<br>gnats, moths, and crawlies eager for blood to suck<br>bat sentries, owl look-outs<br>coyotes to howl signals out<br>all was ready.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Now, ” he began slowly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The family in there does not yet suspect<br>and we must not relinquish to them<br>our element of surprise.<br>We don't want them to get a chance to mobilize<br>until after we attack<br>and gain our cache of blood<br>surprise before they discover where our larvae lay<br>before they deploy their canisters of Raid<br>or insect repellents<br>before they open their bomb sprays<br>before their wash the beddings<br>before they deploy their expense flea sprays<br>and lethal flea droplets<br>we want to hide in their beds, dug in<br>we want to hide in their animals fur<br>in their clothing<br>everywhere<br>and before morning we will have established<br>our impenetrable beachhead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So he said ready your selves for the strike this night<br>as they lay asleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With that he stood<br>his flea legs elevating him<br>above the others, shouting</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are you will me? <br>A roar went up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I watching from my hiding place<br>crept away<br>saying to myself; <br>not this year you suckers<br>you’ll get your own surprise<br>glee in my voice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To be continued.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lonnie+Hicks">Lonnie Hicks</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448604" data-title="My War With The Fleas de Lonnie Hicks" data-description="Came August the Flea Commander slapped his walking stick upon the table bare surveying his battle plan testing his jumping legs assembled before him were flea battalions on the ground restless for the attack mosquitoes and flies to buzz the air,..."></div> </div> </div>

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