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Tales From the Porch

September 13, 2021
By BCosKnow221 PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
BCosKnow221 PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
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Dragonfly

Flaps his wings in desperation,

flitting about in hopes of an escape.

Up- he goes, towards the heavens;

is it release?

No, just the screen-in porch. 

The dragonfly takes one look

at the sun-set sky,

clings to the mesh,

and waits to die.


The author's comments:

I see it all the time- dragonflies get stuck in my screen-in porch, and i walk outside, seeing them clinging for dear life (even until their last moments) to the mesh of the porch. It's chillingly poetic every time it happens.


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