Sunday, July 03, 2011

Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs?

rising up out of the summertime grass
with that tempting, erratic flash,
they drifted like the firecracker haze
in the heavy evening air

up past their bedtime, they hunted,
neon-orange net in hand,
but frustration flickered fast
until mama tupperwared two

to serve as nightlight
on the dresser in the dark