III
My name is dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane,
Which you’ve got to admit is a heck of a name.
But, perhaps some of you have heard tell of me
By my well-known initials, which are DDT.
An organo-chlorine insecticide,
I come in powder or liquefied.
I’m death of mosquitoes outside or inside.
I was brought here by copter to Borneo,
Where the farmer - now hopeful - bends low, bends low.
My job is to kill that cruel killer of man:
A worthy and wise ecological plan.
If you don’t know
what ecology means,
you’ll soon find out.
