Mammals And Insects Poem by Imo Peter

At the meeting of forest Politburos
Mammals and insects made their claims
See! Our forest forays into exit
Mammals alert!
Insects have drained sap of trees
And chewed off leaves of plants
Leaving dry the trunk of stems

Never mind, insects rebuke
Their claims are words in opposite
Mammals are fond of naughtiness
Their tongues fabricated for malicious lies.

The forest is ruined!
Insects propose
Mammals have cause the forest downfall
Their rapacious grazing deteriorate trees
And marching limbs erode soil
Leaving bare, the forest to thrive

Verily! Verily! ! Mammals exclaim
Insects are never truth tellers
Our blood they drill for daily meal
And cause our fighting with pathogens

Oooooooh, insects exclaim
Mammals are self-glorified thieves
Our honey they strain without assent
Their stomach, they make our dying grave

We are the best, mammals pinpoint
Since our advent in dominion
Seeds are dispersed for germination
And our faeces, lone source of soil nutrient

We are ideal, insects opine
Forest is our lone domicile
Right from time of inhabitation
We burrowed the soil for aeration
And pollinate flowers to bring out fruits