The buzz of
two insects entangled
on the patio
their thoraxes flailing
their wings flapping
draws my eyes
in the late afternoon
as I
sitting alone
notice the fury of
their passion
either fornication or
a fight unto death
so I stepped on
them both
to put an end to
this misery
Paul Smith writes poetry & fiction. He lives in Skokie, Illinois with his wife Flavia. Sometimes he performs poetry at an open mic in Chicago. He believes that brevity is the soul of something he read about once, and whatever that something is or was, it should be cut in half immediately.