PARASITIC EUTHANASIA (poetry)

.... Written by Poetic Tee " Here, take a sip" 

Can there be
a more fool-hardy
creature than a parasite
worst among the lot
the one senseless enough
not to live in symbiotic
relationship with its host?

Like all such self-centered
life-sucking menaces
they survive on the body
that shelters them
to feed their desire
by the way, some are
sexless in nature
though they might be
positive or negatively
charged.

One thing common
to parasitism though is
a parasite rely
solely, strictly on
its host body for
all its life requirements.
while some are total
others are semi-
then there are those
that give back to the host
somethings of benefit
in exchange for the
accommodation.

But
for propagation
and continuity, though
asexual in nature,
yet they each
have devised a means
to reproduce their kind
and thus ensure
spread and continuing
existence
all can do this,
except one

Always an exception
as the famed adage goes
well, this one is unique
worst than a mere parasite
which can give birth to
its kind for perpetuation
this doesn't do that
even remotely
reproduce its own kind
to replenish its population?
No!
Never!

Rather, it preys
on its hosts' body
taking one vital organ
after another
not just to keep
its insatiable quest alive
but
to continuously visit
its benefactor with
nothing
but annihilation
itself inclusive
in the process

It takes on the heart
lungs
kidneys
liver
blood
nervous system
defense mechanism
muscles and others
but does it go
through the pain
the body experiences
for each part
its host looses as a result
of its termination frenzy?
of course not.

Laying it bare
a mother hen
lays her precious eggs
goes through incubation
hatch them, feeds them
not to sustain her own
but to benefit others as well
only for
a bird of prey to swoop in
on a her chicks
picking one at random
for its tasty meal
oblivious of its being
the last

And because the unique
parasite lacks that
sense of loss
it equally does not
know the anguish
of any bloodly feel
as it invites to an end
that lacks continuity by
snatching away
from its loving host
to devour the conscience
and sub-consciousness
of each soul
of a body part

And for any taken
who pays or replaces
the missing functional part,
that unreproductive lot?
who only takes "pleasure"
nay joy
in sacrificing its only means
of survival in a quest
that's sure to end
both itself and its own
basic source?
Naaaaah!

Once it commences
to treat with sameness
all organs in the kill
Each lacking in its ability
to regenerate or grow
back into a functional part
neither for itself
nor for its ungrateful guest
nor for other sensory organs
eyes
ears
brains etc
like all the other ones
they slowly but surely
cease to exist.

However
the unique parasite
remains free
of the host's pains
so, the demand is one way
with no benefit
to the other
continuously
now, could it ever be
fair and just
the parasite be allowed
to continue eating
into its host
unabetted!

And yet
some are querying
why the body
should get sick
complaining of its parts
being slowly damaged
reduced, terminated
of its efforts to refuse
the shamefaced abuse
just like a farmer
resisting a wolf's strive
towards pushing
his only sheep stock
to extinction.

(c)(r) 190114 Tijjani M. M.
17:17:57