I watch the war through window–
impenetrable glass to exo-hearted,
constructed when the insects started.
Don’t know how the combat ends, though.
I’ve become methodic and catatonic
watching the flies, little black spies,
murmuring over their latest prizes,
stolen passwords by enemies moronic.
Bees keep watch, pausing past pane,
sentinels of the Nectar Brigade,
as red ants scale my window shade,
guardians of the Wholesome Grain.
They fight for food and passions dear,
the crickets charge the butterflies,
the flying wasps hold sabres high,
scream, “Sting or die” to preserve.
My backyard is their front line,
so I never one antenna favor,
dragonfly or beetle anger,
for fear their forces will combine
and insurrect my double blinds.
NaPoWrMo Day 29. Today’s task on napowrimo.net was to write “in the window.” Imagine a window looking into a place or onto a particular scene. I’ve taken my own spin on this by crafting some speculative verse. I hope you enjoy.
Artwork “Insects At War” by ITI Ion Vincent Danu
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I love the imagination! Well penned.
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Excellent. Reminded me of a spooky story I once read about insects taking over the world.
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Hey, they have the numbers. That is exactly what I envisioned with this piece and one lone man trying to stay neutral amidst the chaos.
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yeah, they certainly have the numbers!
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vivid and frightening; I too remember a film about insects taking over the world — I just thought of it then — ‘The Hellstrom Chronicles’ from 1971: so mesmerising I viewrd it multiple times, part doco, part sci-fi, part horror —
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I will have to look this one up. Thank you, John. Their numbers are staggering, that’s for sure.
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Took a peek at the movie poster and it looks legitimately frightening. Can’t wait to watch it now.
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you’re in for a genuine treat and scare 🙂
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It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen a decent horror film. Will be at sure to let you know if it was a leave the hall light on kinda film.
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This is a brilliant poem, it made me think of swarms of locusts from the Bible and something they called “June Beetles” from rural Cambridgeshire when I lived there. They swarmed around trees for the night making a clicking sound. If they got into your house, usually via the chimney as you kept all your doors and windows closed against them; they were more like flying cockroaches. Urgh! They died off after the end of June. 🙄
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That does sound plash, Carolyn. I think I’ve always imagined insects taking over. There’s just so many of them in comparison to us. Thank you for sharing this. I bet the clicking sound was enough to drive you mad if they got inside.
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It was, I spent the whole month of June in a state of hyper-alert! 🙄
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Reblogged this on Yard Sale of Thoughts and commented:
What wild things lurk outside your window? I enjoyed revisiting this view from 2020. I hope you also will enjoy it.
Happy Tuesday!
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