Jun 2017
moth
/
ćma!
of all, only the little
joys matter, surprise surprise,
apart from catching mice
which later commit suicide...
nothing's more joyous than
catching moths (ćmy)
with your bare hands...
ever so gently squeezing
a moth into submission,
without ever actually
squashing it... and then...
releasing it, into the night's
abundant air of perfume;
you'll only find gentler hands
on *polyphemus...
who's eye sees all but day,
and his hands, see all but night.
/
ćma!
of all, only the little
joys matter, surprise surprise,
apart from catching mice
which later commit suicide...
nothing's more joyous than
catching moths (ćmy)
with your bare hands...
ever so gently squeezing
a moth into submission,
without ever actually
squashing it... and then...
releasing it, into the night's
abundant air of perfume;
you'll only find gentler hands
on *polyphemus...
who's eye sees all but day,
and his hands, see all but night.
(36/M/Essex (England))
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