I write poetry when thoughts infect me catching colloquy in a web to feast my thorax alates pearlescent scales I capture nectar from dewy books ***** waxy words that form in the back of my throat in honeycomb shapes they taste sweetest directly from my lips until you notice six legs protruding or ten eyes staring up at you in fear the apex of my elytra is rainbow chrome but all you see is a hardened shell admittedly, all I've ever had is ability to filiform syllables and sounds dangle lexicon delicately from silk pages in hopes of creating all the beauty that I have never felt I possess in this form