The Lizard And The Wasp (A Parody Of Thomas Hardy's 'an August Midnight' Poem by Hamdi Al-Douri

When all were silent as if dead,
A lizard raised his tiny head,
Wond'ring what nonsense he had heard,
Of Hardy's verse so long revered.

He slapped his tail in anger on the ground,
Believing that it made a blaring sound;
He went his way chasing a fly to eat,
His eyes downcast; his heart below his feet.

A wasp believes that men are mad,
He hovers high above, felt sad,
To hear a line of Hardy's verse,
'I came', said he, 'from bad to worse'.

'The waspish kingdom has a law'
'Tis true we kill, but as you know,
We kill to eat; you kill for hate;
You are the slaves of death and fate'

Upset was he, he buzzed and went his way,
To meet his lady-wasp during the day.
'Two guests' I muse, 'of nobler kind',
'They came to vex the human mind',

'Two guests', I muse, 'haunted by love,
They knew secrets of life above'.