A Bedbug On My Palm Poem by Antonio Liao

A Bedbug On My Palm

Rating: 4.7


now the bedbug
finally finds
its place
in one of the lines
of the palm of my hand

its life
depends on the nail of my thumb
its weapon now
is simply being a ball
all its feet
hidden under its spherical wings

it is not praying
it is simply waiting for its death
within a palm
there is no choice

except my own
indecision

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edwin Empestan (alba) 15 July 2008

Pitty the 'bb' but you don't have any choice but to 'live and let die'. Nice satirical poem. Well thought of.

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WILLIAM SIENES III 15 July 2008

i like this one, antonio. i have never thought of a bedbug as a poem subject. very good...

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Reshma Ramesh 24 September 2008

very very neat indeed

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Cheryl Lynn Moyer-peele 20 December 2008

antonio - A bedbug is indeed a metaphor for all life we hold in the palms of our hands. Well written - Cheryl

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Sonya Florentino 25 January 2009

Once a fly dared me to kill it... I could not... he made me open a window. Love your poem.

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Rinki Nandy 25 January 2010

this write make one feel powerful even if its only a bedbug, clever and intelligent composition.

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 21 January 2010

it is not praying it is simply waiting for its death within a palm there is no choice except my own indecision.....life and death is in the hands of almighty but yes indecisioncan be His decision too.... lovely poem and goodcomposition....10 reaad mine..kind words

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Adjei Agyei-Baah 22 December 2009

You leave me with nothing to say: a good one there!

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Ashraful Musaddeq 25 April 2009

Beautiful composition.

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Dr Hitesh Sheth 14 April 2009

Human too are bugs on time's palm and it's life depends upon time's fancy.........Any moment it can choose to close the palm and we are gone forever.............Good Write....

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