Herbert Nehrlich - Why Beetles Hibernate

Under rotten vegetation
beetles practice fornication.
Daylight bothers beetles' eyes
that's why God made bovine pies.

If you think that bugs find yummy
cowpies sitting in their tummy
think again, it's just for sex
exercise for hairy legs.

Do you know why moss and grasses
hide those little beetle asses?
It is simple, if your jewel
due to Nature's rather cruel

sense of humour were so tiny
that you wouldn't call it Heini
would you flash the little digger
knowing that it should be bigger?

Insects hide for valid reasons
during three of just four seasons
in the winter when they snivel,
ice and snow can cause to shrivel

further shrinking due to freezing
leading soon to tasteless teasing,
thus they stay inside their station
celebrating hibernation.

Herbert Nehrlich

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