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Patrick Kennon Oct 2018
Waste the way that it tastes as it rolls off the filter
tip
Light off the night as it riles up our lower lives like pure
reptile brains
Do moths fly towards lightning bugs like
candles?
Does a drug overdose vision of God
turn the addict into a messiah
Or is it just another try at seeing the light
for the first time right overcoming might
Like a sight for sore eyes sick to my stomach
every **** morning
Two Coors Lights and the rain is pouring
it's **** cold in this Texas town
Sep 2018 · 106
Them
Patrick Kennon Sep 2018
Spin off, be quiet
It's okay, be quiet

We found a place to finally
relax

Away from
them

Thank God they get tired
Thank God they get full
Thank God we can run
Thank God for automatic weapons

Today we found some quiet
Today we found some water
Today was good
Today was fun, killing a few of them, for fun,
you know?
Aug 2018 · 106
Dehydrated Aloe
Patrick Kennon Aug 2018
Lay on till the **** thing busts
down there by the
river
dam and all

Faceless in the world I'm facing today
another empty way to
cast my rod
and reel

Shining down in deep pools
perfect skipping rocks
only hands
remember

How did it end up like this
Oct 2017 · 220
Highlife
Patrick Kennon Oct 2017
China cat writing on grandma's pearls
Quarters turned into penny slots
A tired little look at
2 pm

Where oh where did the
brews go my friend
Where oh where did the
cigarettes burn
out

A simple smile over coffee
in the morning
A simple brush of her
hair

Lying in long leaf clover
for hours

A simple connection between
the cortex
A bullet for comparison
Where is the jettison button
for all the built up
****

Dice and pink highlighters
on your dreary
afternoon

Could you spread some of that
love over here?
Sep 2017 · 201
Skratch
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Static earphones, tired eye dread
a way to find center
putting bullet in head

Black eyed striptease
once a day smoke, please
open your door, freeze

Transit to banishment
planned mass exit
brutal abasement

I saw a way out once where the smudges on the window
were from other noses in the acute psych ward
it was never locked, but I locked myself in
and made up pictures on the ceiling

Two in the hole
fresh rice bowl
here we go

I was tired for a second
slept for two
fine with me
fine with you
Sep 2017 · 266
L.Ford
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
In tired spirals we graph our days
In colored stains we speak our shaky hands
Rubbing white shirts on the chalk board to
make tie dye tees

Two sets of teeth licking molars
smelling their breath over
half smoked
cigarettes

The feeling of being caught in the rain
with nowhere
to go

I once saw a field so green it could be an aphid
I once saw a sky so blue it could be a puddle
ink stains sit and blur and muddle
together again

Words pressed out of a pomegranite
it could be any
but they turned out to be
yours
Sep 2017 · 148
Lunava
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Picking flowers to pass the time
waiting on the sun
to call

Cut a hole in a mattress so they could still use her as a
******* even when she was pregnant
how do these things happen

Picking flowers to pass the time
waiting on the moon
to sleep

She woke up this morning wanting nothing more than coffee
how did she end up as a body on the side of the road
tell me that one God

Picking flowers to pass the time
waiting on the
grass growing

So many times I ask why but here I lie
waiting on the clock to strike
zero
Sep 2017 · 129
Untitled
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Exorcise this from my soul
once again make me
whole

Stabilize this mind if you
don't mind, find some
time

Make me whole
again, my
friend

I try and I bend
like cheap metal
I'm nothing special
Just help

A flock of grackles
A sock full of quarters
A mouth full of
****** teeth

Chop up bodies like
mincemincemince
meat
Sep 2017 · 153
ClickSnapPop
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Kiss me with your eyes
Adorn me in river stones
Roll me in the weeds
to catch their scent

Love my limp body
on the shores of
the San Gabriel river
south of center

Lance this blister
Call your sister
Chat chat chat
we're good enough for that

Topsy turvy teapot madness
plain grit gladness
split pea sadness
where did the time go

She washes sheets and lays them out on the tile roof
of her 1 room nothing in downtown anywhere
southeast Asia

And dreams of lovers and full meals
Cars and their steering wheels
Being something more than possessed
Independent, blessed
where did the time go
Sep 2017 · 150
Bugout
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Black and blue and covered in this and you
*****, aches, probably the flu
A fly just landed, landed on you
Swipe away, sneeze into the sunlight
A somber step into the blacklight
Twilight and midnight are quite alike
Bugout moon as a backlight
We strive, we fight, what for
Trying to find the next door and breach it
Living for 4:00 and a beer to get near it
We grab wheels and attempt to steer it
But in the end it's like trying to fly a train
Day to day life is just insane
good luck
Sep 2017 · 145
Burial
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
He woke up this morning with the idea
he walked from the back of the truck stop
where the spigot was
and thought about killing you
not you in particular
just someone
a you

Hitchhiking with a bootknife
a lucky stone
and a bandanna tied to a lock
waiting
waiting
the ever present waiting

Why did you stop?
what compelled you to pick him up
was it your good nature
or a service to humanity?

Any little dirt road, yeah
turn off here
did you expect it
or was it quick?

So many questions but
not so many
answers
Sep 2017 · 163
Blahblahblah
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Speak onto the speaking stone
breathe onto the breathing tree
pick up that railroad steel
sharpen it as you walk
rusty shank

Light a fire near the river
on the big square of concrete
read your Quran
and burn her *******
you wore around your wrist

Blah blah blah
here we spin
on this little green rock
big organic meatgrinder
this life can seem so feeble

Matchsticks and broken sunglasses
a handfull of pills
Su Yue Lee painted pictures
that hung over us
as we made love

Grab a piece
any piece
and hold on tight
it might crawl away
and leave you in the dark
Sep 2017 · 132
Thrush
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Eyes dilated, pules elevated
Thrush heart killer
brush fire bandit

We speak and steal
little pieces
of the pie

Plastic dumpster flowers
adorn her hair
like lights

Wordcraft woodworks
and a glass
of cold cold
cold water
Sep 2017 · 136
Lovestones
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Lifeless Lilith, stream fed twirls, insomnia, freshwater pearls
Saucer eyed sun dancer with her hair in whirls
Kissing her favorite girl in a bathroom stall
Loves everybody, stands tall & strong, a virtual wall of virtue
It hurts too, yes it hurts you, brings out the worst you
We're all in this together you see, this wonderful life to be
A rocky trail to follow, living today, dreaming for tomorrow
She walked where we can't follow, doe eyed goddess of sorrow
Steals your heart, doesn't borrow, has them by the carload
She's no porcelain doll though, soul as strong as an ox pull
Broke her chains, it's all the same, life can be a wonderful game
Be mindful today, love & humility we gain, keeps us level & sane
A comb in her back pocket, wearing dull love lockets
If you ever come across this, it's a flight or fight concept
She's so open she can't stop it, hold my hand & just talk kid
Her type of love you can't top it, be careful, never drop it
Bones out of sockets, voice of birds flocking, she's just talking
I woke to her wet sweat lips, staring at me with sleepy hips
This road it winds & dips, let's do our best & follow it
Take your love in little sips, stronger than bourbon or cane sniffs
Take a moment & feel the difference, ambrosia of life in a single kiss
All I ever wanted was just this, just hold me lady, that's my bliss
Sep 2017 · 116
Judge Coffee
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Every morning
If you feed me I grow, give me a drink & I die, what am I?
Either way
A lion must outrun a gazelle, a gazelle must outrun a lion
Sun
You had better be running
The sun is now
Do no harm and live!!
The poor have me, the rich want me, and I'm everywhere, what am I?
Guess the answer (It's nothing)
1. Paper money or coin
2. Love
3. Green herb
4. Peace
5. Togetherness
6. Money!
Hello life
Sep 2017 · 213
Cornflake
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
A slash of a smile, kimono stripped shoulders
Koi scale tattoos, Okinawa rainy day blues
Drown yourself in *****, fight 'till you lose
Pale skinned pathological lover
Soulstone hustler, rustler & bustler
Revolving revolvers under samurai dusters
Wild west Tokyo rose blessed
Handwritten love letters on a desk, kiss sealed
A bowl of cornmeal, these things we steal
A lovelock of hearthsouls, sous chef gazpacho
Tasty cannibal nachos, eating hearts in a palm grove
Children gathered round a stone
The feeling of truly being alone
Making tools from your enemies bones
More brutal than any historical score
We sleep, we snore, 2+2=4, once, no more
Coconuts falling on the shore for eternity
Every blade of grass is holy to me
It's the bullet we see that gets us
We can all love each other is we let us
Balloon powered spaceships, liftoff
Raise your sails on the submarine
Big, square, wheels on your SUV
Life is like a tree, just growing
Forget all your worries, let's just get going
Sep 2017 · 129
Hangin' out
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Oak tree brought me shade today
Dry mouthed dirt road slang, black lung
Hands reaching to me from above, oh lord
The hangman snaps his cord once more, sweet lord
One last smoke before I go, dear lord
Guess the sheriff got his way, sweet lord
Got nothing left to say once more, my lord
I just hope I feel no pain no more
Goodbye world, here I go, remember
we used to play together before?
Sep 2017 · 108
Ridin'
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Wheelchair
Need please help
Wheelchair woodclipper
Forgo the ego
Ride the tiger
Sep 2017 · 120
Crux
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
This town has been crucified
Ears like stop signs
Eyes like pitchers, martyrs
The hair tells the story of the Holocaust
Sep 2017 · 105
Quotes with Randy
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Be somebody special, be yourself

Be a spiritual being having a human experience

Facing truth: facing yourself

Don't worry about dying and forget to live

What makes a good day? Yourself
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Government policy on veterans: Give up or die
Don't give up or you will die
Tears in our eyes we fill up our
watercolor hearts with black gum
Oozing from pores, smell like ***** socks
Late night talks, how night talks to us
The truth will set you free
We stand in it, look out your back door
Use it or lose it, reason back in season
Typing on thin air, did a dime flat
Treating our veterans like that?
Like we commited Rwandan genocide attacks
Disrespect pinned to your chest like some sort of medal
Eat out of the trash, throw it away in the same **** can/bag
basil backdrops
These colors don't run
Sep 2017 · 113
Chai
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Nautilus style conch
Rio bravo IPA, fresh pack of smokez
Cows and beets
Turning teal into steal/steel
Faded pinky finger tattoo
Shade in the grove
papyrus by the river
clay and cotton and warm water
A 2 letter word, F.U.
Rigid like a 2x2, or 4
dipped boat oars, scarred, still soar
Shot myself, still sore, folklore at this point
Shoot/score/****/snore/repeat
Two pairs of feet, bare, cleets/socks
please, be discreet, or not, no sweat
Sep 2017 · 121
Obey?
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Obey
It hurts to hurt
A teaspoon of kindness
Ill+Crook =
1llcroox
1+1=Ideath?
Sep 2017 · 162
Manic Paprika
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Godzilla!
Ratrun bro
DG!!!
Cool spaceship
very alien
I like paprika on everything
Stop
this is a LOCKED unit
This exit door is for EMERGENCIES only
Alarm will sound
Unlock with NA-1 key
674 EE31640
Model S/N
Check
Fire Fire
Thanks Jordan
for the words of encouragement
and the St. Michael's card
it really
helped
Rapture dragons
AC/DC
<3 Love etc
FCV
NEW
Sep 2017 · 158
Lotuz
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Lovestones, lovelocks, lodesoul
Do it right, numbskull
Pinky length pencil fingers
to write this with
Another rosy day
in the ward
Coo-koo coo-koo
Sep 2017 · 228
Blackboard Backboard
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
God does magic in French
So it says on the board
The board, the black, black board
Chalk line shoesox shinebox
Cat tracks on the hot hood
Graphite gluesticks
Musty lovelocks
Jah Rasta dreadlox
God does magic in French!
Sep 2017 · 97
Recover
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Ink in the trout pond
Fishing for memories
Turns out it's a bit easier
To erase graphite than reality
Sep 2017 · 161
A day with Cotton
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
38 playing cards, short deck
Justice for orange juice
Imagine if we were encased in clear plastic
Cotton butterflies, cotton soaks up everything
What does death mean, anything?
The death of the (insert meaning of life)
Six six six
You came by earlier
and drew this, no, Cotton did
computer error, virus
God bless you ma'am
close the store now
No more Jolly Ranchers
got any crayons?
This is a closed unit, LS PC
Secured while foyer door is open
NO PATIENTS ALLOWED IN THE NURSES STATION AT ANY TIME
3.14/Kiwi/Honeydew/Melon
Hurry up and wait
God gave us free (will?)
Until the last shot is fired
Thanks for the pretty butterflies Nikki
Let's play with the one eyed jack of spades
NO EXIT
Alarm will sound
YOU CAN'T BREAK ME
Sep 2017 · 141
Latitude
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
The smell of putrefying flesh
cellulitis
Biting off my wedding string
Yes, string, yes, biting
Courage my dear
Courage for me
For us, for her
Why not, please
Lines like watercolor bloodlines
dripping in chalk
Dying would be better
then to surrender my soul
They told me I look like Che
I just look like me I think
Courage my dear
My will shall not be broken by
petty gestures
Courage my dear
Far or near we can
do this
Sep 2017 · 115
Windstains
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Like the windstains go across the road
Like the inkstains on the other pages
I'll draw the Alamo tomorrow
Who put that blue star on your door?
Don't make me put you on 1 on 1
These life savers taste like crayons
Peacock eyes see all
A case of diarrhea
Sep 2017 · 134
Snax 3
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Evening snack choices
1/2 sandwich or popcorn
or
Fruit (if available)
Milk/juice (if available) / water
Sep 2017 · 167
Snax 2
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
2:00 PM Snack Choices
Saltine or graham crackers
Peanut butter
Sep 2017 · 153
POG
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
POG
Preach your bible while you spit venom
Like you're the only one with a mental illness
Your first time in this ward? It's my fifth
Tell me about my life, apparently you lived it
Ever been disowned, disinherited, left in the dirt?
Tell me what is feels like every time one of my comrades dies
You sat in AC while I slept in the sand
You're just a POG to me, ******* man
Sep 2017 · 104
Shower Suicide
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Doctor
Is there ******* and ****
in summer sausage?
Sep 2017 · 164
ALARM
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
ON POSITION I
OFF POSITION _
Make sure
CTXA loves our vets
STOP
Alarm sounds when door is opened
Sep 2017 · 112
Snacks
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
10AM snack choices
cereal or fruit
milk/juice (if available) / water
Sep 2017 · 97
Elevators 186273 Talk
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Enter/Exit Please Respect
94b patient confidentiality
Using 2R while on elevators
(rear door)
Sep 2017 · 168
2B118
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Rapid
responder
pull for
help
Sep 2017 · 183
Simplex 02303
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
TROUBLE * *
PRESS <ACK> TO REVIEW
FIRE=0 PRI2=0 SUPV=0 TRBL=1
FIRE PRIORITY Z SYSTEM SYSTEM POWER ALARM
ALARM ALARM SUPERVISORY TROUBLE ON SILENCED
DISPLAY TIME ALARM ACK ALARM ACK SUPV ACK
TBL ACK ALARM SILENCE DISPLAY TIME
SYSTEM RESET
Sep 2017 · 100
ElKay EzH20 X2
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
At this point
we've saved
00054262
bottles of water.
Plastic ***** sometimes
Sep 2017 · 122
Cactus Flowers
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Two blackbirds on a high line
Screaming obscenities at the rising sun
I wonder what they're saying?
The nape of her neck, whole milk and henna hair
Making love in the cotton cotton cotton
Tea is best shared among lovers
Hot or cold we sip from the same cup
My love, turn on that darkness, a steady drip
Fresh melon on your lips
I want to lick them
eternally
Just kiss my back, my ear, me
It's all I ask
Let me into your watercolor soul
Paint my heart in shades of ocher, teal, and meridian
Any color will do
As long as I paint with you
You alone
Sep 2017 · 118
Trident
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Prize fighter eyes, psych units cry for equality
Bipolar pen drops, manic pinpricks, depressive, progressive
Thirty five cents on this terrapin table, today's tabernacle
Distant, loner, accepting a gentle love, lunar lunatics
Cat paw flower prints on the piano, perfume pack rat
Bed bug bite fest, black blue eyelids, coffee catastrophes
Eyes closed dreamily, internal demons be bustin' my chops
Pig trash slops, prodigal son rain drops as the beat talks
Red haired ruffians showing off fresh filed teeth
Fried eggs delicious beyond belief after starving for days
Switch the pen, shape the clay, jewels in a jar of jawbreakers
****** by all the goodness sakers, we're just givers and takers
Schizophrenic blitzkrieg, a thousand leagues under the sea
Busy bumblebee, do your little dance, show your friends the pollen trail
Sparrow, quail, pigeon **** ghetto gridlock, quarters in a sock
A bandanna and a lock, sheared sheep flocks, Rasta dread locks
Thumbin' down Memorial drive with child wide eyes
Sittin' in a grainer on the fly, on a train to do or die
Spit on the window of the violent cell, no name just VC1
Gunshot one shot ink blot blood spots corpse rots
Hard knocks, break rocks, first men to be shell shocked
Pop goes the weasel, blank canvas on the easel
Monks covered in diesel, Buddhist breathing candles
Nothing left, not even sandals, raise a toast, l'chaim
When you give up you die, face today with wide eyes
Does God cry? I do, should say I try to, skip to the loo
Sep 2017 · 318
Border Blue
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Lodestone, lovesouls, the boundaries of my blue blooded lover
Gentle mother with a fresh razor cut, do you know how much you hurt me?
Chocolate and candy on the table of the mental ward, mental *******
Figuring out what works, our ways, our quarks, or muons and gluons
Milk chocolate dissolving on your tongue, not bitten, forbidden, bitte fraulein
Gloria, gloria, shalom, assalamu alaikum, hands out, shake 'em
Pull the sword from the stone, water matters, patterns carved in bone
Love is lone, dove, rain from above, mud, life is not crud, maybe
Sep 2017 · 138
Lovely Cycles
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Broken mood-rings on your bedside table
Cat tracks on your porcelain plates, black side up
Sunny eggs, eat 'em cold, fried green tomatoes
Sometimes waking up blows, hard, grass in the yard
Do the bugs feel it when you run the lawnmower?
Self conscious shell shock, trauma from swung padlocks
A cluster of lovelocks, held loosely
A bouquet of broke tooth smiles, grin back, be choosy
Holding each others lives loosely, why give a ****
Being picked up and slammed by the tides of tears, refugee fears
Just another proletariat in a shuffleboard life
Grief and strife, a taste of all these bitter things we seek
How much weight do you lose being a corpse for a week?
Silver, sleek, something turning in the hands of the meek
Like a knife or olive leaf, I'm not one to critique, just let me speak
Please, just for once
Sep 2017 · 133
Dizzy
Patrick Kennon Sep 2017
Natural uncut light gray diamonds
Fancy gray diamonds
Fancy on the value is the bid range
Light, fancy, intense, vivid
Clear cut the soul bound forest, dark diamonds are cheap
Congolese slaughtered by the heap, life is cheap, wound channels deep
Machetes replace laws in Sierra Leone, eating the hearts of children martyrs
Love of life bottled in 101 Wild Turkey
It hurts to hurt, see? Question intensely, broken fence misery
Calories packed densely, hand pounded corn, hate and bitter scorn
Addicted to violence like internet ****, lay love and the dove is lone
Pigeon drop poetry on your shoulder, cloaca **** sober
Yeah, come on over, let's sip a brew, ride a train, act a fool
Mountains folded up like wool, horns, grab the bull
Close my eyes and act the fool, toil till I boil, sip water out of a skull
Cannibalistic Kabbalah, hash smoking chai wallah
We're all slumdogs here, drink water, **** clear
Whether far or near don't be a stranger my dear
Live life like a deer, let our robot guardians allow us to return to the garden
Lock away the pain, let it harden, more dangerous the the 1st MarDiv
Once it begins you can't stop it, this like keeps me honest
Maybe you don't only get one kid
Pick yourself from the mud pit
Hate it or love it
We must rise
Above
It
Jul 2017 · 260
Friend/Foe
Patrick Kennon Jul 2017
How little
Are you
On me?

He was the main culprit in supplying RDX used in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. He was arrested in 1995 in Delhi and housed at the Sabarmati jail pending trial. In November 1997, Latif was shot dead by the police in Ahmedabad.[4] In 2014, one of Latif's sons contested the election of Samajwadi Party against Shanker Singh Vaghela, who was the Chief Minister when Latif was killed. Latif's other son had contested against Vaghela in 2009.[5]
Patrick Kennon Jul 2017
Marathi Muslims
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marathi Muslim
मराठी मुस्लिम
Regions with significant populations
• India • Pakistan • United Kingdom • Canada
Languages
• Marathi • Urdu • Hindi• Varhadi• Khandeshi
Religion
• Allah-green.svg Sunni, Shia, Shia Ismaili
Related ethnic groups
• Marathi people • Muhajirs • Arabs • Persians • Pakistani people• Pashtuns • Jats • Khoja • Lohanas
The term Marathi Muslims is usually used to signify Marathi Muslims from the state of Maharashtra in North-western coast of India, who speak Marathi as a mother-tongue (first language) and follows certain customs different from the rest of Indian Muslims. Marathi Muslims are very prominent in industry and medium-sized businesses. Many members of this community migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and have settled in Karachi and Sindh, contributing greatly to the general welfare and economy of Pakistan.

According to 2001 Indian census,[1] There were 10,270,485 Muslims in Maharashtra and constituted 10.60% of the state.

Marathi Muslims belong mostly to the Sufi tradition. Visiting the tombs of Sufi saints is very important to this community.

See also[edit]
Islam in India
External links[edit]
Marathi Muslims
60% Muslims in Maharashtra live below poverty line
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Indian Census 2001 – Religion[permanent dead link]
Patrick Kennon Jul 2017
Blue bubble
Blue bubble
Flower
Green
Stick freshly planted
Plant an entrance to a secret level
Mario
Cactus
Christmas tree
B
Jul 2017 · 211
Wikipedia can be fun
Patrick Kennon Jul 2017
Oud
Rose of Taif
Incense
Musk
Sandalwood
and
rare spices

1. Mayil Karuppu (Black and yellow)

2. Kagam/sengaruppu (Black and red)

3. Sevalai (Red)

4. Karum Keeri/Senkeeri (black/red dotted)

5. Sambal Boothi (Grey)

6. Kokku Vellai (White)

7. Noolan (white and black)

8. Pondram (Golden brown)

Automotive Safety Integrity Level is a risk classification scheme defined by the ISO 26262 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles standard. This is an adaptation of the Safety Integrity Level used in IEC 61508 for the automotive industry.
Patrick Kennon Jul 2017
Males of Dynastes bear two long horns, one on the head, and the other on the pronotum, forming a "plier"; the pronotal horn has reddish setae on its underside. This pronotal horn is absent in females.[3] Some species have an iridescent colouration to their elytra.[4] Certain species of the genus Dynastes also have the ability to change colour.[5] Specific species have been noted to occur with either black or yellowish to khaki green elytra.[5] This variation in colour is due to a spongy layer below the transparent cuticle;[5] this spongy layer is a network of filamentous strands made up of three-dimensional photonic crystals lying parallel to the cuticle surface.[6] When the cuticle is filled with gas this layer can show through, presenting the yellow to khaki green colour, but when filled with fluid the cuticle appears black.[5] This is due to the change in refraction index allowing us to see the difference in colours.[6] This system is known as a hygrochromic effect.[4] Female beetles can change colour but not as completely as males, which is not yet explained as the mechanisms for the colour change is still not completely understood.[5] What is known is that changes in humidity affect the levels of moisture in the cuticle which leads to a change in colour in most cases.[5] Since the change is due to humidity it is a reversible process, however, it has been observed that after multiple colour changes or high stress the beetles will maintain some dark spots on their cuticle.[4] Some hypotheses for why this colour change occurs at all are the ability to blend with surroundings depending on the time of day (black for nighttime and yellow for daytime) to best avoid their main predator, the tropical screech owl (Megascops choliba).[5] Another theory has to do with thermoregulation in the sense that a black beetle heats up faster than yellow and then once they have warmed up theoretically there will be less moisture in the cuticle which leads to changing to a colour which does not heat as quickly so they won't overheat.[5]
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