A Gardener’s Question to God

When you said we should love all your creatures

And I try – you know that I do

When you told us that we should love them

Did you mean mosquitoes too?

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God, you know I’m a kind sort of person

Hesitating to kill even an ant

But some insects are driving me crazy

And I wonder: is this what you want?

You know how it hurts me to kill them

How I wince and regret such bad things

But please tell me why you made some creatures

Why on earth did you give them their wings?

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Take that Japanese beetle for instance

In fact, I implore you, please do

Cause that Japanese beetle’s created

Leafy holes big enough to see through

God, those beetles will be my undoing

As they munch on our healthy green leaves

Did you see what they did to our garden

Do…