The Dunnowhat Bug
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
I don’t know his lifespan
Stretched in the sunshine
Card table top
By the window.
Cottage is ours
For ten days.
Lyn is off teaching for the summer.
I have the same from the store.
Except a meeting next Tuesday
In Town.
Bug here on the table flies.
Does he have appointments.
A mate? With scant attentions.
Resentments from past rivals?
Children that will
Recognize him?
Will he see the sunrise
Tomorrow?
Or fall to a cold floor.
Destiny done?
Long abdomen, six legs.
Shimmering wings, lengthy.
Does his composite eye
See 50 images of me?
Of that salt shaker?
So much done, invented
For the little gaffer
Who has only a couple of days.
To graduate, replicate, fascinate.
And then drop, crinkle and
Turn to the etherial.
His Maker scratching
His head for the next good idea.
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Written on February 13, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 13, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 13, 2023
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Words | 191 |
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