
You can’t swat them
with yr hand.
spray them
with disinfectant.
or repel them
with incense coils.
They won’t buy it.
And you can’t
shut them out.
Not even
in yr room
at night.
Bite. Bite. Bite.
They whinge and they whine.
Those old anxieties, What ifs?
Those mozzies of yr mind.