Scare the house cleaner

Big kids little kids
The prank is still the same
The target is the housecleaner
The fake bug is the game.

Open a kitchen drawer
It will be a surprise
Jump back with a little “yelp”
Poke it with a stick then realize

It’s just a fake bug made of plastic
the kind that kids play with.
But some times those fake bugs look real especially from a distance.

The ones who pull the prank
chuckle when they leave
They are never there to see the surprise
Yet they believe.

Over the years of housecleaning
the fake bug prank often happens to me
I guess it’s all part of doing this job
though I never find it funny.

Written by Lori A. Powell
8/4/2023