Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories
A North Carolina
Blessing
Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.
Please keep it cool in mid-July.
Bless the walls where termites dine,
While ants and roaches march in time.
Bless our yard where spiders pass
Fire ant castles in the grass.
Bless the garage, a home to please
Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas.
Bless the love bugs, two by two, the gnats and
mosquitoes that feed on you.
Millions of creatures that fly or crawl, in North
Carolina, Lord, you've  put them all!!
But this is home, and here we'll stay,
So thank you Lord, for insect spray!