| (mosquito) |
"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." I've written a number of puzzle haiku or "puzzleku" which are a lot of fun, and take the form in a different direction, but stay with storytelling.
As for mosquitos, I find them darkly fascinating... and bothersome. Why do they exist? They seem to serve only nefarious purposes... chiefly as a vector of diseases, lately, notably, the zika virus. They serve as a food source for some insects and birds — maybe bats too, but aren't a chief diet of any species. Why. Do. They. Exist?
They are magnificently efficient creatures. Read more here.
As for mosquitos, I find them darkly fascinating... and bothersome. Why do they exist? They seem to serve only nefarious purposes... chiefly as a vector of diseases, lately, notably, the zika virus. They serve as a food source for some insects and birds — maybe bats too, but aren't a chief diet of any species. Why. Do. They. Exist?
They are magnificently efficient creatures. Read more here.
DEFINITION of this 1-syllable verb:
- British Dialect. to lurk out of sight.
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