The Anteater

My pet termites were dying one by one,

Annihilated mercilessly--for fun

By an uninvited and unwelcome anteater,
 
A merciless, maddog criminal repeater

That somehow crawled into my city flat

As silently as a cruel siamese cat.

The termites were of an artistic bent

Who turned mere wood into a sculpted event,

Termites who knew it takes a heap o' chewin'

To turn a house into a home worth doin'.

And so I plotted revenge on the wily critter,

Laying down a poison that's a heavy hitter,

And while the anteater didn't exactly drop dead,

It did say uncle before it permanently fled.