The Great Escape

 

Just a short time ago

In a place not so far

In a little boy’s hand

Was a bug in a jar –

 

The bug we now know

Had a plan of his own

To escape Mr. Mason

Then make his way home –

 

Clearly this child

Could not be a thug

To snatch from the wild

Such a cute little bug –

 

Yet there they both were

Just a block down the street

The boy gathering leaves

For his new friend to eat –

 

As he loosened the lid

A startled surprise

For fly the bug did

As he took to the skies -

 

 

Such a one-sided friendship

Did not go real far

For you can’t keep your buddy

Locked up in a jar –

 

Even when holes

Are poked in it for air

The world from inside

Just doesn’t seem fair –

 

And a short time ago

At dinner that night

In the fireflies glow

He told of his plight

 

He spoke of the child

And the jar with its lid

Of being snatched from the wild

And of what katydid.