Cockroach /kɔːkroʊtʃ/

The scariest place is not the bathroom, unless the bedroom isn't next to it.

It's the kitchen, the train, or simply the television. 

I'll tell you why.

(1) Coming from a country with low level of hygiene, cockroaches and rats are a common sight in the kitchen. One time, I might "dance to beat" because some cockroaches creeping in my body. While I was opening the door for example, they might fly into my hand while I'm trying to stay calm (as in screaming with whiny voice which never succeeded because I'd scream anyway) and keep on walking. 

I think my favorite word might be AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

(2) One time, when I was at the train heading back home, there's this cockroach trying to seek it's way on the floor. It crept up to the seat. Then creept again over the wall or going back again to the seat.  

Exploring.

(2.5) Some people who noticed it, immediately moved and seek another seat. Some of those who didn't, luckily, only got crept by the cockroach without it entering their clothing. Phew.

What a sight! 

(3) I never knew cockroaches had high level of curiosity or probably the will to survive. I heard that they could survive without their body for couple of weeks. Imagine living only with your head and still able to talk and all. Unless you're into alien or some weird gore movie you probably don't know what I'm talking about. I laughed the entire ride because of this animal which I hate and that is probably the only time I would agree with liking cockroach.

(4) All those images suddenly pops because of this big man who stepped on the cockroaches and squat it to the floor. Poor cockroach, you only want to have fun as far as your curiosity takes you. 

Curiosity killed the cockroach.

(5) This one time too, a Chinese research doctor was fascinated by cockroach. He have this special designed room where the temperature were maintained and humidity are suited to cockroach habitat. He said that this creatures can't live without water. I guess every creature does, thanks for the info.

One of the requirements to take his class was to capture the cockroach gently and love it like it was a silly puppy.  

GAH!

(6) Another memory was from Fear Factor which is another television show that gave money to those who were brave enough to face their "fear". You see why i put some " " there, it's because most of the show involved in eating or being with their fear. I think you know where this is going.

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(7) So here's a cockroach made out of ASCII which you could find in the internet. These one are really safe and won't creep into you unless you let your imagination do so.

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*sorry for the wall of text I had so many things that I want to write about this creature.

Poetry /ˈpɘʊʷɘtɹɪ/

One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes--I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life.

-Excerpt from Frank O' Hara "Meditations in an Emergency"

"Information, cultural information, should be layered in the environment. If you are interested you extract it... The idea was you're looking at a fence and yet you walk away with a thought as well. A fence is a barrier so you almost have like a contradictions in here... Poetry breaks the barrier...
It doesn't stop you, it begins something."

-Excerpt from 99% Invisible episode 59 "Some Other Sign that People Do Not Totally Regret Life", a statement from M. Paul Friedberg about the works on The Battery Fence in New York

City of ships!

(O the black ships! O the fierce ships!

O the beautiful sharp-bow'd steam-ships and sail-ships!)

City of the world! (for all races are here,

All the lands of the earth make contributions here;)

City of the sea! city of hurried and glittering tides!

City whose gleeful tides continually rush or recede, whirling in and

out with eddies and foam!

City of wharves and stores--city of tall facades of marble and iron!

Proud and passionate city--mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!

-Excerpt from Walt Whitman "City of Ships"

I had never seen this work but knowing that such work existed for more than 25 years only one day to be discovered again. I fall in love with poetry, once again.

Thank you, 99% Invisible.