Bugs

By Richard L. Provencher

Thu, 01 Nov 2012
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are to escape from
their persistent flare of wings
annoying

frightful with their potential
a sting perhaps

the thought of landing
on any party of our body –
revolting.

Yet bees convey a natural
desire to cross-pollinate apples
almonds and coffee

blueberries, corn and…

the reproduction of plant
fertilization
and all without any personal
sexual desires --

buzz-buzz.

© Richard L. Provencher

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 3
Nature

Comments

Submitted by The Walrus on
Nice piece, Richard. I'm not normally bothered by bugs, I used to keep reptiles and assorted creepy crawlies, but I was walking the dog the other day and a very large, unidentified something landed on my face and then flitted away - I didn't see it properly but it might have been a dragonfly - and it's the only bug related revulsion I remember experiencing.

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Thank you---I understand about dragon flies. They used to horrify me, due to the tales of having your lips sewed up, since our grade 3 classmates called them darning needles. One day, when I was around eleven years of age, I was fishing from a dinghy and the wind blew me into a small bay where I could not get out in the swampy area. Before long dozens of dragon flies landed on my rubber dinghy, including my arms, legs and head. I got over my fear and when I heard they ate oodles of mosquitoes, they became good friends. Cheers, Richard LP
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