"Know your enemy," they say
and we do.
We denizens of the suburbs
keep home improvement stores in business
with our busy-ness.
We are constantly battling the enemy.

Throw nets on the garden,
defend the tomatoes.
Stake spikes in the eaves,
impale would-be invaders.
Poison the ground,
deny the creeps from scaling the walls.

We are barraged year-round,
under siege
but fighting back.
Battle on, yard warriors.
Cordless weed-whackers - charge!