You're A Cockroach
If you can tell your friends by sniffing pheromones
if you have relatives in palaces and homes
you're a cockroach.
If you possess six legs on which each has three knees
if you are a member of five thousand species
you're a cockroach.
If you go without food a month before you're dead
if you can live a week without having a head
you're a cockroach.
If for forty minutes you can hold in your breath
if you spend three quarters of all your time in rest
you're a cockroach.
If you survive worldwide with a genetic flow
if you first got started millions of years ago
you're a cockroach.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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