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Vikshipta Jun 2017
These frail mane still smells of coffin nail.
Hands..Struggling with metacarpus to trade the manus ..
stretch. scratch. Twirl.
Orbs: wide and wrathful:
Fluctuating the pupils
left and right
| Mad mad |
Concerntating on these screams..
screams into le noir lughole .
THERE!
I grasp your fluttering wings.
Oh you flutterer !
fluttering on C.
Fluttering hushed ..
Fluttering hasten..
fluttering to strive for nooks and blood.
Oh you flutterer!
erroneous target thee choosed.
Smash. Squeeze.
Alas!
now ease into mine ichor palms.
Death is inevitable. But somes, they are meant for it...THE EXTIRPATION
Brandon Apr 2011
Swimming in the West Nile since 1965
Born from stagnant water
Infecting the mind
30 days to leave a mark on the world
Recycled 300 plus
Molt your skin after the larvae stage
Shedding of the epidermis
Developing into a conscious virus
Fogged up in bug spray
Diptera Culicidae
This is important
Wear repellent
Cover all exposed skin
A poem about mosquitoes...
Nigdaw  Jul 2019
Gnat
Nigdaw Jul 2019
2am
listening to the song of the gnat
as I sit having a crap
book in hand
I always read here
since I had small children
the only place I got any peace

the song stops
I can feel the itch
tiny legs massaging skin
looking for a way in

more people killed than are alive today

quite a reputation for one so small
we always called them gnats
never mosquitos
the gnat sounded more diminutive
less of a threat
but as it turns out
they are connected through
their Latin name, Culicidae  

so I wonder about malaria
how it's coming back to our shores
as I finish the paperwork
and hear the song resume
disturbing it's evening meal
The mosquito has killed more people than are alive today.
(near microscopic totally tubular proboscis
gave one local ******, a ****** respite this
summer, hence....aye goot good wry min
reason tubby a tuneful hummer.)

No sooner than getting
     weltanschauung after getting bit
from female blood-******* insect,
(which critters actually
     considered little lord of the flies
comprise family culicidae)
a most amazing
     extraordinaire inoculated me

with short lived surprise talent,
which got this
     American male infected
with three hundred seconds
     of super human impeccable skill
short-lived feat found
     body, mind or spirit
capable to transcend natural

limits of  usual abilities,  
     infusing this ordinary guy
with an unpredictable
supreme titillating, stupefying,
     resounding, hair-raising, glorifying,
fleeting, entertaining,
     daunting, catapulting, bedazzling,
amazing stints possessing,

     thy being from invisible source
thence when expending said
     burst of tremendous spurt,
per awesome bout of mental,
     physical or spiritual bags of tricks
eclipsing mortal prowess
     with stratospheric wow
     fear less factor

ultimate fatigue found
     this bloke supine
and unable to summon forth
     one iota of strength.
Jayne E  May 2020
organic machine
Jayne E May 2020
organic machine

of natures engineers
webs touched
by solar gleams
organic artwork
we see
structual intricacy
illuminated
dancing light fed
suns firstbeams
hitting morning dew
droplets catch colours
as prismatic mimicry
feigns fragile delicacy
underneath dancing light
steely strength persists
pretty deathtrap
shining bright

diptera
culicidae
muscidae
calliphoridae
Et al insectas

all escape
organic machine
visibility overload
until hot sun
shrouds anew

© J.C.

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