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Joyce Johnson
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0 posted 2003-05-13 02:44 PM


The Pests

In checking on my garden,
I find caterpillars and their tent.
I know now how this day will go,
And my afternoon will be spent.

I must keep them from defoliating
My lovely English Hawthorne
And everything else I've planted
From my annuals to sweet corn.

Last year I thought I'd fix them
By burning them in the fireplace.
The heat just sent them scurrying
Through the cracks, I had to race

To catch each one before it crawled
Across the carpeted floor.
I don't know how I'll rid them, but
I'll choose that way no more.

I had caterpillars on the curtains
And some more on the plants.
They were all but indestructible,
Worse than a pile of ants.

If it is wrong to kill them, Lord
I humbly beg your pardon.
I know they have a purpose
But not in my house or garden.

Joyce 5/13/03

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Marilyn
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1 posted 2003-05-13 06:23 PM


AMEN!!

lol....wonderful verse.

Marilyn

Nan
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2 posted 2003-05-13 10:04 PM


Chuckling... Didya send them an eviction notice?... Tell them you're taking them to caterpillar court... Maybe that would work..
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3 posted 2003-05-13 10:25 PM


Joyce:  What an awful experience!  I do not like creepy, crawly things!  There must be an easier way of getting rid of them.  Have you called the Home Extension Service?  they often have really good tips for situations like this.

Betty Lou Hebert

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4 posted 2003-05-14 08:56 AM


OhJoyce~
I KNOW what you mean !
And those little furry, creepy-crawly dudes can just take up residence somewhere else !

Good luck~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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5 posted 2003-05-14 01:49 PM


Cute, Joyce!
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6 posted 2003-05-25 01:30 AM


good write!
midnightblues
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7 posted 2003-05-25 12:07 PM


Dear Jocyce,

I really like this!

If it is wrong to kill them, Lord
I humbly beg your pardon.
I know they have a purpose
But not in my house or garden

hehehe
Love
Michelle

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