Summertime means you’ll likely spend a lot of time on patios – as long as you aren’t bothered by the buzz (and bite) of mosquitos. Those critters inspired Typewriter Rodeo’s Jodi Egerton to write this week’s poem.
Skeeters
Rose-hued Texas sunset
Brings a tear to my eye
But to watch it in my backyard
Wreaks havoc on my thighs
For the swarms start as the sun sets
And the air gets mighty thin
Trying to breathe around the mosquitos
Who are sucking each inch of skin
Now I’m scratching to the rhythm
Of a Willie Nelson tune
Trying to fend off some West Nile
In this steamy Texas June
Produced by Laura Rice
