Friday, August 21, 2020

Glowworms

 Glowworms



Vespina Yellowjacket

troubles the drunk pulp

unplucked deliquescent mango.

Its flesh turns sugar in ferment,


Bugs rattle in the open air,

the squeaking ankle rasp

amidst a mad halo 

of chitinous wings.


Envenomed, we

forestall intoxication

until anaphylaxsis

opens your mouth.

You can light your tongue

as I lit mine

with the luminous imago.

Glowworms eat us from within.

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