Category: insects
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haiku zen of lepidopterology
pollinators are oblivious to theories of time management butterflies do not take geometry in school point A to point B maybe the best way to find sweetness is not through but is the garden 7-23-21
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after last night’s rain
because I was sleeping I do not know if cicadas sang all night they greeted me at dawn as I walked in the park coffee cup in hand the surface of the pond rippled reflected trees long shadows became light insistent life droned sonic Tinder profiles pick me, pick me, pick me 7-17-21
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dancing in shallows
Just above water’s surface Sun flashes blue chrome Damselfly stalks shallows Rests on bare twigs Mates among the weeds growing along the shore Unaware and unable to control Light’s dance upon its armor It remains aloof Purified from my gaze 7-12-21
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what about dead fish?
water drowns city noise a sign says, Alligators May Live Here plastic snake, ziploc baggie small stuffed bear and pieces of driftwood on the shore turtles sunbathe on rocks long-legged birds stalk the rapid edge butterflies flit around dead fish 6-4-21
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Alchemy 007
orchid bee collector of scents mixer and blender perfume maker alchemist of love stirs a cocktail all his life for a few seconds of sex 5-26-21
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coffee in a blue cup
in grey sweats, morning legs lounge out from a park bench rough and worn from the sun coffee in a blue cup aroma of foreign mountains ambrosia brewed strong in the distance a young woman keeps cadence with a basketball dribble shoot, dribble shoot, dribble, dribble, dribble repeats over and over and over before men…
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Of milk and honey and the immortality quest
On the lintel above your door scotch tape copies of vaccinations. Pray the angel of death passes over and the blood red sea doesn’t flood your lungs. Near the light switch by the door hang a mask to wear when you go hiking in the wilderness. Gather your belongings buy a house in the promised…
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haiku while sweeping pollen from the porch
on a screened porch silllooking out, a dead wasp lieslonging for freedom 4-10-21
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