Thy melodious humming was

Annoying and sweet.

But your kiss is so brutal

Than a hornet’s sting.

You flirted around me

With a monotonously musical tune.

As I sprawled under the shady tree

Tucking my lunch at noon.

You’re from the exotic land

Of Cleopatra, the Queen,

Long, slender and dark

You’re a beauty to be seen.

Your hypnotic music,

Your dark littlie face,

You’re dancing on the wing,

With beautiful grace.

You’d put me to bed 

With your kiss of death,

And may leave me to go

To the land of the dead.

But alas! I had to kill thee

You, sweet little witch…

Or you’d given me the Dengue,

Miss Aedes aegypti !

                               Dr.K.V.Sahasranam

(Aedes aegypti is the mosquito that transmits the Dengue fever, Chikungunya fever, Zika and Yellow fever)