The cockroach,No matter what your approachTo assessing its heart and mind,Is an insect, you will find,Not above reproach.Despised not only in kitchensAs were believers, by Christopher Hitchens,And also by experts of lawWho deem it a serious flawFor youths between 15 and 29To be so utterly malignAs not to possess a post or jobWhen they might beg or borrow or robOr at least not think it rightTo be a parasiteThat entertains a beliefIn unemployment relief.And as if that were not enough,There is all this further stuffOf getting into a rageOver the minimum wageWhich is so bare it ain’t even there,And that, we are told, is not fair!Rights, rights, rights, and never a duty!That’s your cockroach, the seditious cutie!So slipper it and squash it and ban it on XBefore it proliferates through the medium of s*x.The author is an economist who sometimes strays into entomology, this being a common feature of old-age unemployment.