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The Ode to Stinkbug

November 3, 2022
By DioHermes GOLD, West Chester, Pennsylvania
DioHermes GOLD, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Vivamus.


I’m a stinkbug, I know that ever since.

Not a human or a cat, they are too giant and too bad-tempered;

Not a mob or a swift, they are the ones we call “predators”.

But as a bug who stinks, I’m diligent and cautious, thus thriving.

 


Of course humans hate me,

As what I’m named after: 

STINK.

But they’re wrong if they think they can

Debug me from the sink.

 


I crawl, climb, be chased;

I fly, feint, and flee;

Not fear if they smash me ----

Or they will be tricked

With the smell that stinks:

As if I still live livingly!


The author's comments:

Stinkbugs are indeed annoying, but I do respect them. This is an ode to stinkbugs, and every person who has the spirit of stinkbugs, that is, be diligent, and cautious, thus thriving. 


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