A little whining

[bunsen_h]

This has been lurking in the back of my mind for quite some time, and has finally emerged.

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Whining ’Skeeter
Lyrics by Joel Polowin, 2018 (TTO: “Red Winged Blackbird” by David Francey)

(Chorus:)
Thought I heard a whining ’skeeter,
Whining ’skeeter in my room
Thought I heard a whining ’skeeter,
Whining ’skeeter in my room
 

Hatched out in some stagnant puddle
Hear that horrid high-pitched drone
Nipped in through an open doorway
I’m not safe inside my home

(Cho)

By my ear it flits and hovers
3 a.m. when I’m in bed
Bleary-eyed, I just can’t spot it
Pull the sheets up o’er my head

(Cho)

Add this toll to global warming:
Insect pests expand their range
Places once free from malaria [mal-AIR-ya]
Now may face an awful change

Thought I heard Anopheles ’skeeter
Anopheles ’skeeter in my room
Thought I heard Anopheles ’skeeter
Anopheles ’skeeter in my room

(Cho)

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Comments, please?  I find the last verse somewhat heavy-handed, but I'm fond of "an awful 'skeeter" / "Anopheles 'skeeter".

Comments

[madfilkentist]

The phrase "global warming" tends to set off knee-jerk reactions from all sides. There are equivalent ways to say the same thing which don't sound as overused, e.g., "As the world grows ever warmer."

I like it, but I'm not sure I could pronounce "Anopheles" to sound like "an awful" and still be recognizable as "Anopheles." Maybe alternating between the two would work better? ("Thought I heard an awful skeeter / Anopheles skeeter in my room.")