To Kill an Insect

What's the value of an insect's life these days?
So shortly numbered, and unappreciated,
Yet overly publicized and criticized
By unsympathetic bodies and eyes
That take pride in declaring,
There is no place, here, for an insect. (SMACK)

Who would have ever thought that an insect,
So black, so small, so insignificant
Could cause such an uproar with its intruding presence.
Uninvited, and feared
Why kill an insect? (STOMP)

Is it in spite of the insect's resilience?
Conquering farms and dunghills with pride.
Or leisurely boredom that leads to deciding
There's no meaning to the life of an insect? (CLAP)

Still, insects continue to strive
Only in the end to be recognized
By unsympathetic bodies and eyes
Declaring there is no place, here, for an insect. (SMASH)