His Majesty the Bedbug

Scratching his fetid belly
Adorning his forehead with a crown
He strides with a hairy paw
His Majesty the Bedbug.
(Krokodil no. 41, Moscow, 1925)

Or in the same vein: “Inseparable friends. Hymn to the bedbug.”
“We’ll never part with you,
not for anything in the world!”
(Krokodil no. 1, Moscow, 1932)