The Persistence of Beetles

They say that God loves beetles most of all
  Because he made so many species of them.
The theory goes that, when you get to call
  So many creatures “children,” you must love them.
So: what you make the most is what you love.
  In that case, I must totally adore
Mistakes -- they’re everywhere -- the offspring of
  My pride, my cocksure arrogance, my poor
Decisions -- every one a different bug,
  Mating and reproducing once a day
Until my world is knee-deep in a rug
  Of insects who will never go away
     And treat me like their private sushi bar
     And say, “We’re not the nasty pest -- you are.”

copyright 2010 Matthew J Wells