Where Did The Half Dozen Moths Come From Suddenly? Poem by Frank Yue

Where Did The Half Dozen Moths Come From Suddenly?



Where did the half dozen moths come from suddenly?
My wife and I were mystified naturally.
These days this was the question uppermost on my mind;
In our flat was there a nest of moths that I could find?
An air-conditioned condo apartment we live in;
With windows closed, there's no way any insect can fly in.

Of moths in our flat the annual average population
Is about two to three, but why this sudden explosion?
This little mystery happening in our home
Had awakened in me my own Sherlock Holmes.
Thus I searched and sought here and there'
But there was no trace of the moths anywhere.

Not a man to give up easily,
I pondered about this and that almost daily.
Then as I prepared to cook a big pot of soup
I put some dry lily seeds in a bowl
Of water; hours later there were two moths swimming
And some white eggs on the water floating!

I remember a bag of dry lily seeds buying
Some months ago and some red bean dessert having.
Hurriedly, I took the bag of lily seeds from the pantry;
Ah! The bag's full of moths and tiny caterpillars!
For reproduction the moths are most eager -
Be sure to keep your dry foods in air-tight containers!

Thursday, November 12, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: insects,living
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 12 November 2020

They are blown in by the air conditioner itself.

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