Cicadas are an affliction not to be wished upon even your worst enemies. Ten thousand more suitable options are available before resorting to complete and utter savagery. Heed the words that Cicadas are horrid houseguests; their vocabulary almost as limited as their manners. Show me a considerate cicada, and I’ll show you a wonder of the modern world. World governments are right to publicly acknowledge their biggest threats. Terrorism, climate change, and the economy are all valid area of concerns; each capable of altering the course of society. But ask American diplomats – pose a question to anyone that worked in the US government’s brief courtship of the island of Cuba – what they might opine on the subject of cicadas. Wretched creatures, with the piercing sounds.

-JN