Poems of the Week

The Game’s Afoot

by Steven Kent

“Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug…
[Police] found animal
crawling on the door panel”
The Guardian

At Ding Dong Ditch he’s bad, bad, bad:
He rings but never runs like mad,
And by his telltale trail of slime
His victims find him every time.
The other slugs have all agreed
That Freeze Tag’s really more his speed.