Anopheles and Aedes
Will fly once again
Angels
On charity
Transport
Missions
Loaded with presents
They will land
Where children
Sleep restless
On simple dark beds
Humming
Seasonal songs
They will steal
From bed to bed
And leave behind
Small packages
Gifts
To be later
Unwrapped
Single-celled
Asexual
Parasites
Will divide
In the blood
Cells which in turn
Will burst
Like party balloons
Consider
The parasites
Borne
By the Congo
Mosquitoes
Says the doctor
Peering
Into his microscope
How attractive
They are
And how little
They think
Of the morrow
