___Night of the White Ant___

Wow
What can I say
Another day
Another bug!

It seems
That we have entered
Into what is known
As white ant season

They are
EVERYWHERE!
As I type this
I am sitting
Safely tucked into
My mosquito net
On my bed 

But wait...
These suckers are
EVERYWHERE!!!

Even within my bed!!!

My sanctuary

Has been defiled!

I pause as I throw
Another bug out!
Gross
It’s a good thing
That I am an Oregon girl
:)
They are literally
Swarming!

So in the evenings

We are all running

Here and there

Endeavoring to get

Where we are going

Without our clothes and hair

Being filled with these things!

Wow

On top of that
They are attracted to light
And our showers
Are outdoor showers...

So guess
Who is taking showers
With 1,000 white ants...

Yes sir
We all are!

It would probably be pretty comical
To come to our house

In the evenings
You would be hearing

Shrieks

Along the line of....

“Ugh!!! 

They are attacking me!"

"Gross ...
They are sticking to me!!!”

"Where do these things come from???"

The worst part
As soon as they
Land on you
Their wings come off...

So you are not only
Being swarmed
But you are also covered
In little white wings...
So when you try
To wash the wings off
More bugs come

And you are right back

At square one

I’m not gonna lie
I totally shrieked
A few times

There is nothing like
Bathing

Surrounded

With no where to go

While these bugs

Swarm you

And I have only mentioned
The white ants...

We also have beetles

We call them

"The Bomber Beetles"

Because every time
They see you
You hear
A diving plane sound
Nearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrow
Then POW!!!
They hit you...

That will take you
By surprise
As you are dumping
A cup of water
Over your head
Let me tell you what!!!

Mr Ahnono
Was talking to us
This evening

He just tsked
And informed us
That these were
“The useless bugs”

Apparently
The big ones
Don’t come out
For another few weeks...

Those ones are useful
Because they
Can be eaten...

My mind stopped
At “Big Ones”

I forgot about those!

So now I have
That to look forward to

Ah Africa...

Whose idea was it to live here?

:)

After writing this

I realized

It could be misconstrued

As complaining

And I just want to reiterate
Once again
I am so blessed
To live the life I do!

And I would not trade it

For anything else!

Thank you Jesus :)