Ode to Mosquito

Алёна Мокрая
(Это коротенькая версия "Оды комару" на английском, для тех, кто понимает. ;)

O Dracula of Russian forest!
O homegrown parasite!
(I’m scratching anxiously my sore wrist
You’ve pierced with a single bite).

Your army’s numerous and dauntless.
You keep attacking night and day,
I don full body armor, gauntlets…
You still kidnap my DNA!

You carry part of me around
And pass it, stealthy and unseen…
Who knows – I may end up crowned
If you could bite a handy queen!

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