Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes,

with needle-noses
sucking blood
from elbows, cheeks, and chin

why were you not
designed to thrive
on brine, on swine,
or likewise-spiny
porcupines?


                       SLAP!
SLAP!
                                          SLAP!

Copyright Credit: Katherine Hauth, "Mosquitoes" from What’s for Dinner. Copyright © 2011 by Katherine Hauth.  Reprinted by permission of Charlesbridge.
 
Source: What's For Dinner? (Charlesbridge, 2011)