Am I Sleeping With the Enemy?
Is there a bug?
In my rug
Neither warm nor snug
A dark slimy slug
Hungry and smug
Leaps on a shrug
Disguised as a hug
The ugliest of mugs
A viscous thug
Our world’s evil bug
Ivor Steven (c) April 2020..
Published by
ivor20
G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer.
I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.
View all posts by ivor20
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
What a cool poem.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Sadje, there’s lots of words that rhyme with “bug” 💙🌏🐛
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes!
LikeLiked by 1 person
A little humor wrapped around the truth…
LikeLiked by 1 person
🌎💚 Humour in the face of adversity
LikeLike
Oh, very clever, Ivor 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I had a bug on my mind 🐛💙🌏
LikeLiked by 1 person
Interesting poem💚
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🐛🌏
LikeLiked by 1 person
All you can do is laugh )
LikeLiked by 1 person
Humour in the face of the enemy 🐛💙🌏
LikeLiked by 1 person
This makes me smile!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes …our little ‘bug’gers are everywhere…..😀
LikeLike
Very good. Content and style. You probably know I love the rhymes. And you have worked them out to fit our monster bug in brilliant fashion.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Oneta, yes there’s a a lot of rhyming word for our big ‘bug’ger… 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Enjoyed your poem Ivor. Like the rhythm and rhyme, vividly flows.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Yonnie…yes, our bug’s a ‘bug’ger…..
LikeLiked by 1 person
Indeed, Ivor. The images certainly goes well with this piece too! Thanks for sharing.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Cool poem! That sounds like one scary bug. =) I love this song you posted. I adore Tom Waits. Have you heard this homage to him? ♥.
LikeLike
No …I not heard this… It’s lovely…. I’ve been a fan of Tom Waits for over 50 years….thank you Niki……
LikeLike
Love your poem hidden truths in it. Thanks for the old time dances love it good memories
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes ..it’s nice to remember the good times before the “bugs”……a cold-war bug, ….desert-war bug….. Asian war-bug…. and middle-east war-bug
LikeLiked by 1 person
Too many bugs to plague the mind which enjoyed the big serving of fear.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I agree Nanette
LikeLiked by 1 person
Always seems to be bugs in the world…some worse than others. 😦 UGHS on those bugs!
Your poem gave me a smile. I know what!!! Let’s plug (promote) positivity and believe THAT current bug will be kicked out soon!
(((HUGS))) for the UGHS!!!
PS…I always love me some Mr. Tom Waits! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Tom Waits is great..!!…
I had a bit of fun with the rhymes… there’s a lot of words that go with ‘hug’ ….”bug’ger…..💙💙🌏
LikeLiked by 1 person
Of course you know hug is one of my fav words and fav things to do! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
((hugs)).. Of course ((hugs)).
LikeLiked by 1 person
PSS or is it PPS..Ha…poor Pink Panther! 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha… I loved that humour…… I bought Carole a man size pink for Xmas one year…… xx
LikeLiked by 1 person
HA! 😀
I rewatched all of the old Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies recently and had a blast! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
They were wonderfully funny 😅😅💚
LikeLiked by 1 person