CATERPILLAR HAIKU
I'm hairy, I'm black
orange markings on my back
hungry - food I lack
I'll eat till I'm full
leave my wispy, silky tent
pupate in cocoon
then quite late in June
I'll emerge a brownish moth
lay my eggs, cause wrath
in B.C. orchards
a thorough pest I've become
now I'm on the run
I'll ravage Prince George
my cousins destroyed their pines
on poplars I'll gorge
for some years to come
much more damage could be done
I'm having such fun
Gail Runschke
Prince George
