Poisoned possum

New Zealand — Silly poems for your backpack

Photo by Mikell Darling on Unsplash

Do you know the old woman,
Who swallowed a fly?
Well it’s not actually fiction
Let me explain why.

New Zealand introduced some animals,
Then another to stop the spread.
Unfortunately it got out of control,
Leaving native bush and birds dead.

One of the perpetrators is the possum,
Poison’s placed to try to kill them quick.
But sometimes you’ll come across one,
With one eye and slowly dying, sick.

I’ll never forget that sad looking soul,
Staring at me at through the trees.
But a part of me thought, revenge is sweet,
The cure was now the disease.

While I travel, I enjoy writing a bit of poetry, mostly silly stuff, but all to remember the fun I had.

I publish them all on Medium, so check out my other poems here.