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Insignificance buzzes
Like housefly wings;
Beating its body
Against the tempered pane
As if another world beckons.
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Insignificance buzzes
Like housefly wings;
Beating its body
Against the tempered pane
As if another world beckons.
6 comments:
Charming! The more one reads the poem, the more one can read into it.
I invite you to read it as many times as you like.
I agree with Rachel. This is a wonderfully charming little poem. It reminds me of Emily Dickinson in so many ways, in its succinctness, its vivid imagery, and its philosophical resonance. A gem in so many ways.
I might have mentioned a number of bizarre occurrences in the last few weeks, many related to my poems. So I dashed this one off. Have no idea where it came from. I’d actually started writing something else but this one arrived instead. I was at the cottage. We drove home that Sunday afternoon, to discover a housefly infestation in our house. Dozens and dozens of them. Never happened before. Next poem I write will hopefully be about finding a bag full of hundred dollar bills.
Inspiration comes in many forms.
It appears the houseflies were inspired by my poem, not the other way around.
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