Do you know invisible menaces?

Question

The eighth plague

By C.S. Scotkin

I go not to my porch

I’d like to take a torch

that would clear the air of these no-see-ums.

These pesky flying lice,

twenty on a grain of rice,

they come in through intact screens, torture all.

You cannot see them there

hanging in the air

until you take a breath, you inhale them!

They get under your clothes,

they will zoom up your nose.

Mother Nature’s playing Moses today.

Answer 1

I guess I don`t understand the whole meaning of the poem because I don`t get the very last line. I love how you say "hidden menaces."

Answer 2

Super.  I can relate to the no-see-ums.  Also, the tiny mosquitios with the largest of bites.  I like your reference to Moses and the poem's structure.  Each third line was an excalamation!  Most enjoyable.  Although, I am feeling a bit itchy!

Answer 3

I've never heard of such a thing - flying lice - 20 on a grain of rice!! Evidently - since you are living with them - they have not been too harmful ♥