Eradication
1.
The trees near the house have the most
holes.
“starry sky”, “sky
beetle” in China.
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freakish June bug. Eating its way inward.
For most of its
history: unremarkable.
Caller captured a black beetle with white spots
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Remarkable: deforestation, poplar planting,
Remarkable: deforestation, poplar planting,
white spots, long antennas, whiskers of a
catfish.
solid wood packing
material, coming to America.
2.
burrow heartwood,
establish
houses, feeding galleries,
emergences, diapause chambers,
nurseries, living
rooms, TV dens
in the dark pulp plan
together
the destruction of any
ecosystem
we inhabit.
3.
One two three, one two three
Limbs are falling from the tree
We need Sally, we
need George
Your reports about
the scourge
See the scary ALB,
See the holes in the shape of D.
What do you say,
what do you see?
Caller captured an
ALB.
Spread the word. Spread the word.
Duty is its own reward.
4.
“All host trees on
public and private property surveyed by trained personnel. All infested
trees removed, chipped
in place, chips burned. Tree stumps ground to below soil level.”
5.
I couldn't sleep, once.
The moon was out, Chinese
and round. On my fire escape,
a sky beetle crawled over a pack
of cigarettes. I looked at it, it raised
its banded whiskers. I raised my hand.
