BROTHER BLUEBOTTLE
A bluebottle emerges
from a hedge
like an expensive and
repulsive flying jewel.
It settles upon
my ring finger.
I wear it with
fear and delight.
Its iridescence
bewitches.
This, the first
bluebottle I'd ever seen.
I thought they grew
in hedges.
I had a lot to learn.
It buzzes about
in my brain
as if 50 years
had not passed.
Welcome back
brother bluebottle.
It's good to see you
still alive.
Jan 23, 2018
Jan 23, 2018 at 5:29 PM UTC
BROTHER BLUEBOTTLE
A bluebottle emerges
from a hedge
like an expensive and
repulsive flying jewel.
It settles upon
my ring finger.
I wear it with
fear and delight.
Its iridescence
bewitches.
This, the first
bluebottle I'd ever seen.
I thought they grew
in hedges.
I had a lot to learn.
It buzzes about
in my brain
as if 50 years
had not passed.
Welcome back
brother bluebottle.
It's good to see you
still alive.
