jan oskar hansen - too big

Too Big.

In the busy street, by the drains,
near a café, a big cockroach on its back
…dead.

It is said that this type of insect has got
its brain in the stomach, it that’s so
this one was an Einstein, taught others
how to survive nuclear wars behind
the kitchen sink.

Turned the roach back on its feet,
more dignified that way, glad it was
dead, had it been alive I would have
had to kill it, can’t have monsters
like that walking in our street, not
near an eatery.

jan oskar hansen

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