To a Mosquito

Yours Is The Night . . .
when other creatures
close their eyes
you emerge
seeking warm targets

Hovering in darkness
just above luscious flesh
your proboscis tingles
while sucking

Your belly swells with ruby slush -
is anything more thrilling
than a hemoglobin rush?

Next morning
as you fly against a window pane
I wrap soft tissue around you
& your ruby stomach explodes:
a tiny Kleenex stain

No being is invincible
& though in darkness you reign
when the sun is out
you seek escape


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