These creepy saltatory spooks
can make your skin crawl, hop,
and pop up anywhere.
But remember,
actual fleas are worse:
They can wholly make you
lose your wits . . .
and these cannot!
So, I pray you:
don't be scared.
- Upton Skink
"The Puce-hued Pusillanimist"
from
Cyclothymic Gnomes & Poems
Precarious Peon Press, 2009
