Tagged: insect
daddy saved the best
daddy saved the best
for last – an exoskeleton
of a cicada
long shed and waiting to be
shared between fearless explorers
.
20210917:2115
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the housefly that spent
the housefly that spent
a day with us indoors felt
faint, dragging its wings
until daddy felt sorry,
captured it to let it out
.
20210826:1904
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between comforter
between comforter
and fitted sheets, you sneaky
bloodsucker – taking
latitude with the ripest,
juiciest parts of my sleep
.
20151015:0007
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you are
you are
bitten, poking
holes into the
theory that it
could not be
done – not to worry,
when the sun
appears over
the horizon, it will
still feel
glorious, if
not a feather vein
more
vulnerable
.
20130515:0831
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with glass between
with glass between
us and life no longer
a struggle
on the other side,
our hearts beat their
wings a little
louder, soaring
and tumbling
for an immortality
that could make
the difference
.
20120817:0820
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i sit for two
i sit for two
minutes in the
front yard,
and they
have found
the back of my
knees – two,
now three
bites, a
deliberate
unkindness
polished
across eternity
.
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