Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Bad Bedbugs

"...Sucking peace out of the mind..."



Big biting bacterium
Singing 'Silent Stings'

Into blameless bodies
Bills and bills every month

Souls stuck in debt
Battling with the bills' bites

Stinging and sucking souls
Every night everyone asleep

Nightmares to the body and mind
Horrendous hell on helpless beds

Sucking peace out of the mind
Stinging pain into the silent bodies

Singing 'Silent Stings'
The sins of cash and cards



Article © Ndaba Sibanda. All rights reserved.
Published in the March 23, 2015 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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