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Rated: E · Poetry · Comedy · #1140571
A millipede and his family set home in my sink
Bob was just a millipede
long and hairy, with a hundred legs
he guarded my basin
and his clutch of eggs

His wife was Maisie
a segmented queen
with legs to die for
so sharp and lean

I turned the tap on
and pulled the stopper
with one fell sweep
now Bob’s a cropper

How could I know
his home was there
I thought he was
a clump of hair.
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