Ten minutes it lasted at most
When required payment
Became to painful to bear
Ejection was the solution
To a non consensual relationship
I wasn't putting up with it
Stung and limping
I took off my boot
Shook it and slapped it
On the concrete slab
Until the undesirable host
Slid out and there it was
Slim, flat and elegant
A magnificent marbled scorpion
The cause of mayhem
And a few hurried phone calls
To check Aussie scorpions toxicity level
Learning with relief
That none is deadly
An agreeable exception
In the world of Aussie creepy-crawlies!
Lucette C. Bailliet
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