song of bedbugs

[betteroffbad]

all of the bedbugs in Bedbug City
fixed up their leg hairs and stifled their pity
took up their bodies transparent and thirsting
and sucked at the bloodfields until they were bursting

bedbugs i'm sorry i'd like to be giving
but covered in bug bites is no kind of living
i said with a shake of my head but got no reply
bedbugs can't speak English any more than they can fly

bedbugs i once thought you were things of the past
i'm sorry to learn that the future can't last
and every new cure brings disease in its wake
it's like killing a vampire then tripping over the stake