it finally happened boss earlier tonight a lady conspired to almost kill me she crept in here with an array of instruments which would make a doctor blush i was having a little siesta i says look here i was having a little siesta what is this all about i am an entomologist she says and you are a blattodea it is as natural as mummies and sarcophagi we are sworn enemies i have an affidavit here detailing the rest of this business well boss her papers are all on the level the spooks have sent her from somewhere in iowa state to study better ways of ridding the cockroach commencing with yours truly look here i says is this necessary maybe we can come to some arrangement i am short on grant money but long on verse why not a poem about youse bluesy eyed by archy enough talking she says business is business we cant let feelings get in the way of science i need a blattodea and you are it so saying she produces an implement from her bag of tricks i panicked but quickly regained composure that is a mean fondue stick i says will i be dipped in cheese or chocolate well boss as you can see my legs are unsaturated and crisp as usual so i may have beat the rap this time maybe some day i will tell you how a new york blattodea got an iowa entomologist to mend her ways by the way boss you neednt worry any more about sic ing mehitabel the cat on that family of straggler bugs who crawled in here last week i do not foresee more noise from that corner yr pal archy
yr pal archy