Musings on Moths
Jennifer Gurney
Plaything for my cats
Indoors or out
Entertaining
Escaping capture
They bat around the lights
Anti-vampires
Moths are rather
Like tiny rats with wings or
Insect pigeons
Allergic to wool
So moths don't destroy my sweaters
I just don't like them
Why is it
That I love butterflies so
And moths ... not so much
My cat cries to me
From the bottom of the stairs
Dead-moth present
I wouldn't mind
Except it's invariably
The middle of the night
Rose petals and dead moths
Strewn across the floor
Summer’s confetti
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado, USA where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including Glitterati Quill with Spark, The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Haiku Corner, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation.
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